Not everyone has a cell phone. I don't have a cell phone, so calling long distance does cost me a lot. So I avoid it as much as possible. If someone from out of town emails that they would like to talk, I ask them to call me in a given timeframe so I won't have to pay long distance. And I'm talking single calls costing $30 to $40 and more.

Of course you write letters in cursive. Businesses type boring waste of time letters. Handwriting means you actually care about the person. If you type a letter, they might figure you just sent them a mail merge letter that also went to others.

Cursive or print; I learned the Palmer Method as a boy although I mostly print now, too many years keeping logs and dailies.

There are honest-to-goodness fountain pens on my desk.

They tore down my school to build the old school…