Posting the Old-Fashioned Way

Betsy Bird has a charming contestinspired by Sophie Blackall’s remarkable mailing, of hers andMatthew Olshan’s bookThe Mighty Lalouche,to a bunch of folks in the old-fashioned way — wrapped in brown paper with string accompanied with a letter sealed with wax. Having received one of these lovely, lovely packages I’m not going to participate in Betsy’s contest, but urge others to do so. And even if you don’t wish to do so, I highly recommend reading the contributions there already. They are var...