The Art of Manliness includes writing letters!

This blog, titled 'The Art of Manliness' has described what we are trying to so well.

"The writing and reception of letters will always offer an experience that modern technology cannot touch. Twitter is effective for broadcasting what you’re eating for lunch, and email is fantastic for quick exchanges on the most pertinent pieces of information. But when it comes to sharing one’s true thoughts, sincere sympathies, ardent love, and deepest gratitude, words traveling along an invisible superhighway will never suffice."

I agree with the entire lengthy post, and hope to keep blogging this message.

I also love how hilarious it is that a blog about manliness quotes this

1821 publication:

"in your correspondence, of using always the most chaste and beautiful language it is possible to command, consistent with ease and naturalness of expression. Especially in the long letters of friendship and love – those missives that reveal the heart-the language should show that the heart is pure. Let your letter be the record of the fancies and mood of the hour; the reflex of your aspirations, your joys, your disappointments; the faithful daguerreotype of your intellectuality and your moral worth."

My letters would not hold up to these standards, but i try...