Real, physical mail usually sucks.    I don’t know about what you get in your box every day, but mine falls into one of two categories:   bills or junk.    Only on special occasions do I get a card or something of that nature, and we occasionally get mail from our relatives.   Or Amazon.   But beyond that, it’s crap.

I’d like to start something for myself and my online friends called, “The Real Mail Project”.   This isn’t some idealistic attempt to say that email has taken something away from us, or there’s some inherent goodness or inner peace in writing actual letters — no, plenty of people have done that and frankly, writing too much makes my hand cramp.   I wasn’t built for it, clearly, and my handwriting attests to that.

No, this is simply because I like the idea of putting something physical into your hands and maybe getting something physical back.   I still read a newspaper because I like holding the print in my hands while I recline in a chair, the trees be damned.   My books are some of my most precious possessions because they bring something to reading that electronics just can’t.

I’d like to send you — gentle reader — a piece of mail.   Handwritten by me.   A postcard, probably, although it depends on the day and my mood.   I also can’t promise when you’ll get it, because I might be swamped with work and so forth, but I will keep at it until I hit up everyone who is interested.    I don’t care if you’re near or far from me, down the street or across the globe.   The relatives of mine who read this, go ahead and sign up if you want, that’ s fine.

I would love and adore to get something back from you in return if you’re so inclined.   I’d also like to do some posts on who I am writing to and if I get something back from you, what I got.    I might scan it in, who knows!   There’s no requirement to reply to me, but it’d be fun, wouldn’t it?    There’s also no necessity for carrying on past these two pieces of post unless we want to; it just sounded like a fun idea.

Many of you I may not meet for a long time, so let’s write, shall we?

If this sounds interesting to you, here’s how to participate:    Click here to fill out the contact form:  Contact Me

Make sure to give me your full mailing address if you want to get something, otherwise it’s kinda pointless, eh?

I don’t know how well this will work, and it all depends on who signs up, but — I’m in the mood to write.   Do you want to get some GOOD mail for once?