The Joy of Writing

Refinery29 is the largest independent fashion and style website in the US, with more than one billion page views and 30 million unique visitors a year. If anyone had transitioned to an all digital universe, it should be the editors who spend their day writing and posting content to the web.

Letterpress notecards by Simple Ink 

Imagine my surprise when I read that Annie Georgia Greenberg, a style editor at Refinery29 sends handwritten notes after each interview.  She says that she invests in stationery that reflects her personality, and that hers is always a little quirky.  Mine tend more toward classic with a twist.

A handwritten note, even if it's on a piece of lined notebook paper, creates a connection between the writer and recipient. There's something about putting ink to paper and sending the envelope off that is more gratifying than simply hitting 'send.'

Even more importantly, the recipient gets the joy of opening that letter and reading the words that you wrote. And I believe that a greater connection is made. Yes, an email is more immediate, but a letter lasts forever.  One of my most prized possessions are letters written to her mother by my grandmother, an Army nurse serving in France during WWI. They are short, to the point, and the ink is fading. I can't imagine that an email written today will survive a hundred years.