Editor’s Letter
Dear Friends As snowflakes dance outside my window on this brisk winter morning, I am content to linger before the fire, jotting a few lines to a friend. “To send a letter,” former Victoria Writer-in-Residence Phyllis Theroux observed, “is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.” Letter-writing helps us put into words our deepest gratitude for the people who have graced our lives during different seasons. The focus required to carry out this ritual removes us from the whirl around us, centering our minds on thoughts of admiration, love, nostalgia, or prayers. Keeping monogrammed stationery and related accoutrements close at hand encourages us to make a regular practice of reaching out, expanding from composing the occasional thank-you note to penning frequent missives. “The Art of Correspondence” on…