5 Favorite Things About Honest-To-Goodness Snail Mail

1.  The charm of receiving clippings you could send through email—funny police blotters from my mother and E.E. Cummings poems from my longtime pen pal—as well as things you cannot—New England fall leaves from my grandmother.
2. The joy of seeing the sender’s handwriting and scratched out mistakes
3. The Medieval legacy of written love letters
4. The making of a stationary wish list which includes this stuff from William Arthur, these goods from the Paper Source, and this ultimate wish list item from Vera Wang.
5. Its ability to remind us that patience is a virtue.