Even though our calendars are full of virtual get-togethers and our loved ones are just a phone call or FaceTime away, there's still a sort of magic in an old-fashioned letter. "Doing something nice ...

Though former President George H.W. Bush didn't write a memoir, many of his letters were assembled in his bestselling book "All The Best, George Bush." It lays out his humor, philosophy on life, and ...

Considering February is the month of love, what better time could there be to write a love letter or poem to a beloved? To be loved and nurtured is a universal need. Being loved creates feelings of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. As I read the many retrospectives over the weekend of George H. W.

"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 ...

THE antagonistic friendship of D. H. Lawrence and Bertrand Russell endured for a little more than a year. Not long after they met, early in 1915, the two men planned to give a series of lectures ...