Question of the Day: Do You Write Letters or a...

While reading another free ebook I recently downloaded, a question popped into my mind: does anyone use written correspondence anymore?

I don't mean emails - I'm talking actual pen and paper. I still have a pen-pal, although I haven't heard from him in many months now. Do people write in diaries - actual physical diaries, not some digital diary on their phone or computer? I wonder, what will our descendants be able to dig up? While we can "save" all our data to a hard disk, magnetic media has an expiration date - even hard drives sitting in a closet will lose their data after a few decades.

So, do you write in a diary, or write physical letters? Do you keep your letters and cards?

Comments: 9

William M. Jan 29, 2013, 7:22pm UTC

I don't use them.

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Karen E. Jan 29, 2013, 8:00pm UTC

Not anymore...

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Kenneth B. Jan 29, 2013, 8:50pm UTC

No on all counts.

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SF girls c. Jan 29, 2013, 9:09pm UTC

i write in a notebook everyday...and the notebooks i have filled i am putting them on disk for my daughter

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Alison H. Jan 29, 2013, 9:23pm UTC

I tend not to write letters or cards anymore (though feeling I should change that), but I do keep a journal in a real book with a leather cover. It is my saving grace. Hey, I should write that on the cover! I didn't know that about the digital data. Thanks for the info.

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Heather - child of God, C. Jan 29, 2013, 9:24pm UTC

I do write letters to people and when I am not near a computer, I will write my poems or thoughts down. I consider my articles on gather what I am leaving... to people :) I do keep records at home as well and I do email people who do share what I email... so what I write is often shared... and passed from person to person. I was surprised when a friend told me she kept a diary and was going to print out a poem I sent her to put in her diary. :)

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