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The allure of an old-fashioned pen pal
By Kate Dailey BBC News Magazine
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 you write to me, I promise I will write you a letter in return," she said on the website XO Jane, where she is a contributing editor.
For years, Kirby has been writing letters, but only decided to return to the practice as a hobby last February, when she participated in the second annual Month of Letters, a challenge organised online in which participants send something through the post every day.
To kick off this year's Month of Letters, Kirby gave the readers of XO Jane her post-office box and the promise of a letter in return.
"I underestimated how many I would get - by a lot," she says. "I got close to 200 letters within a three-week time span, and they are still coming in. I got one from Turkey the other day. How small is the world when you can get a letter from Turkey in your mailbox?"
Thanks to technology, of course, the world is very small - Kirby could easily tour a Turkish street via Google Maps or find someone from Istanbul to chat with on Facebook. Crowdsourcing has made it possible for anyone with a laptop to scan the Indian sea in hopes of finding flight MH370.
But perhaps for the same reason, the allure of the written letter remains as strong as ever for a committed few.
"In a world where it is so easy to hop online to email or to send a fast text, it is so personal and so precious to know someone chose to turn off the virtual world to spend some time with you," says Katherine Moller, who met her husband online but writes several letters a week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26473507
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