Sitting in my favorite downtown pub has become a fond memory as New Mexico enters week three of “social distancing” to slow community spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. That was where I often wrote ...

As much as talking about kindness the past couple of weeks has cheered me, it's time to get back into more serious matters.

Most people probably don’t like writing cover letters, even those of us who write for our profession. Cover letters can be an uncomfortable: it’s a letter, so it feels like it should be kind of ...

When you're not face-to-face with someone, how do you communicate? A tendency to rely on texting, emailing and social media can constrain possibilities. Even a phone conversation of depth is ephemeral ...

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...

Whether you see your clients and customers on a regular basis or communicate with them electronically across multiple zip codes and oceans, it's critical that the content of your formal business ...

This article originally appear in October 1984 issue of Town & Country. I am not among those who believe that letter writing is dead. My idea of heaven, in fact, is having at least four letters to ...

It's the time of year when we send or get the most fun mail. What is it about getting something in the mail? Sara Algoe, a professor at the University of North Carolina, researches social interactions ...

A week into California's stay-at-home order, when our now-familiar mix of anxious, lonely and restless feelings were still brand new, I craved connection. But not the kind available from a screen.