Sometimes I stumble across old websites, that don't exist anymore, and I wonder why nobody has bothered to revive them, because they are just oh-so-good. This one publishes letters, and makes me sad that the art of letter writing has died. So, since I'm writing Christmas cards this weekend, I am committing to putting hand-written letters in some of them.
Open Letters: Invisible: "I wonder if when you were driving home you passed along a street you don't travel on much and it reminded you of an experience that still resonated for you. And I wonder if you started to tell him about that experience, if you started to set up the story and tell him why you had been on that street, and just at the point where you were about to get to the beautiful, poignant point of the story, E. cut you off, irritated that you were driving too slow or that the windshield washer light was on and you hadn't noticed it, and you realized at that moment, not only has he not heard a word I just said but he hasn't heard a word I've said in months. And I wonder if at that moment you just stopped talking, if you just closed your lips and turned on the radio and said to yourself, enough of this, I think I've had enough."
Open Letters: Invisible: "I wonder if when you were driving home you passed along a street you don't travel on much and it reminded you of an experience that still resonated for you. And I wonder if you started to tell him about that experience, if you started to set up the story and tell him why you had been on that street, and just at the point where you were about to get to the beautiful, poignant point of the story, E. cut you off, irritated that you were driving too slow or that the windshield washer light was on and you hadn't noticed it, and you realized at that moment, not only has he not heard a word I just said but he hasn't heard a word I've said in months. And I wonder if at that moment you just stopped talking, if you just closed your lips and turned on the radio and said to yourself, enough of this, I think I've had enough."
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