SNAIL MAIL

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HOME & LIVING
Stop Junk Mail For Good With These 4 Steps
By Ann Brenoff
It is the bane of modern existence.
David Elmaleh
COMEDY
If You Checked Your Regular Mail Like You Check Your Email
By Andy McDonald
The world would be a comically inefficient place.
HOME & LIVING
9 Pieces Of Stunning Letterpress Stationery You Want And Need
By Julee Wilson
In Haus Press D&D Letterpress Photo credit: Rootytootoot/Flickr Smudge Ink To buy: "One Hundred Kinds Of Lovely" greeting
PARENTING
'Like Sending a Hug in the Mail'
By Christine French Cully, Contributor
Editor in Chief, Highlights for Children
The handwritten friendly letter is a dying art form. That saddens me, because I'm amazed and gratified at all the wisdom and support that have been passed on to me via letters.
HOME & LIVING
'Snail Mail My Email' Is Back And Reminding Us To Put Down Our Phones
By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson
From November 10 through the 16th, Cash is inviting visitors to his site "to type a message to anyone— family, friend, secret
WELLNESS
What to Do With Boxes of Old Letters?
By Wendy Lustbader, Contributor
Wendy Lustbader is the author of several books that have earne...
Often, I will carry a letter around in my purse for weeks, until I have an interlude and setting suitable for responding. Rereading the letter, I like to glance back and forth between different sections to be sure I have taken in the details where the pain or joy resides. All of this is part of encompassing the gift that a friend has finally unburdened herself or opened her heart.
WEDDINGS
Online Wedding Invitations: Why You Should Use Digital Invites Like Paperless Post For Your Celebration
The biggest fight my wife and I had during wedding planning—and, come to think of it, blessedly one of the biggest fights
PARENTING
Why My Kids Love Snail Mail
By Robin O'Bryant, Contributor
Author, Ketchup is a Vegetable & Other Lies Moms Tell Them...
There are a lot of perks to raising kids in a small Southern town like Greenwood, MS. But if you asked my kids what the best part of living here is, they'd all list one thing in common in their top three things they love -- the mailman.
TECH
How Do You Relate to a Friend Who's a Technophobe?
By John Blumenthal, Contributor
Novelist/Screenwriter Co-author of "Blue Streak."
With one exception, all of my friends use computers. They also own smartphones. Most have an iPad, an iPod, a GPS, a Kindle or a Nook. They frequently shop on the Internet and use MapQuest. They have a Facebook page and get their news from the Web. Some play Words With Friends. The exception is Larry.
BUSINESS
Going for Broke
By Paul Gereffi, Contributor
US Postal Service
While everyone is predicting our demise? Instead of blaming the Internet for less mail, let's make the Post Office a place to go for Internet access. Customers could come in and use the Internet, like they do now at some Office Depot or FedEx outlets.
MEDIA
The Mail, Magazines and Books: A Love Story
By Molly Moynahan, Contributor
Novelist, Chicago-Based Writing Coach
My newspaper love has a fetish side, which is the need for a virgin paper, unread, unwrinkled, untouched.
PARENTING
A Different Kind of Love Letter
By Elisabeth Egan, Contributor
Elisabeth Egan is the books editor at Glamour.
I'm a ferocious communicator, firing off texts, e-mails and tweets at all hours, but I'd forgotten how much I love the ritual of collecting my thoughts and writing them down, in pen.
POST 50
Just Wait for It: An Ode to Snail Mail
By Karen Dukess, Contributor
Writer, Blogger, theblunderyears.com
I have an old trunk full of letters written to me when I was at camp and at college and living abroad. I have letters written on onion-skin paper and on pages ripped from college notebooks. I have love letters from old boyfriends and letters from friends I never thought I'd lose touch with.
FOOD & DRINK
The 5 Best Sendable Valentine's Day Treats
By Small Kitchen College, Contributor
Guide to cooking, eating and drinking on and off campus
As the saying goes, the way to someone's heart is through his or her stomach -- so I've compiled a list of simply delicious treats that act as blank canvases for the personal touches and creativity that make a good gifts unforgettable.
SMALL BUSINESS
Long Live Snail Mail!
By Rod Kurtz
SMALL BUSINESS
Startup Updater Sees Goldmine In 'Snail Mail'
TECH
Wal-Mart and T-Mobile Offer Phone Plans for People Who Hate Making Calls
By Harmon Leon, Contributor
Author
The plan shows an interesting evolution of cell phone use: there's now a huge cross-section of society that no longer views
TECH
Thanks to Spam, It's Not Junk Mail Anymore
By Sarah O'Leary, Contributor
Consumer Healthcare Expert, Commentator
If you want to reach your consumers in the internet age, tell the youngsters in the office that you're kickin' it old school with USPS.
MEDIA
Jeff Jarvis: Newspapers And Snail Mail "In The Same Sinking Ship"
Newspapers like to think they, too, have fixed costs and that's why they keep whining that readers "should" pay their bills