Jul 12, 2020 Jul 12, 2020 Updated Aug 16, 2021 “I actually don’t think I have,” Larkin said. She hasn’t had anyone in particular to write to, no occasion to place a crisp envelope in the mailbox. Now ...

Melanie Hansen started writing letters when she was eight years old. Back then, it was to a third cousin in Prince Edward Island. Nineteen years later, the Dieppe, N.B., aesthetician writes to three ...

Baltimore independent bookstore The Ivy Bookshop is starting a Young Pen Pals Club to connect those ages 7-14 with each other via letter writing. Each participant will receive stationery, stamps, and ...

In the back room of a Los Angeles area stationery store, where handmade rubber stamps and intricate notecards line walls and shelves, more than a dozen people let pen and ink flow over fancy paper and ...

After Wesley Morgan was furloughed from his job at the Denver International Airport in March, he soon ran out of shows to stream and items to craft, so he began writing to older adults in quarantine ...

Despite the ease of digital communications, many people find there's no replacing the personal touch that comes with a handwritten letter. Last month writer Marianne Kirby made a simple proposal. "If ...

Some people have one pen pal they exchange letters with on a regular basis. Megan Warantz, a 60-year-old television and movie producer from Oceanside, has 18. Melissa Bedell, a 44-year-old director of ...

Depending on your age, you might remember the simple joy of having a summer pen pal. Often through your school, there were different programs where you’d be connected with a new friend somewhere in ...