I do miss letter writing. I have always thought of it as an art and it is, or seems to be, a dying art now with emails etc. I find it much better to put my thoughts to paper and, in a letter ( which cant be deleted in anger like an email) the person has to read it and , if necessary can re read it, to get all the import. A phone call , for instance, can be dismissed because the person you are speaking to isnt listening to what you are saying, only thinking of what they are going to say.