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A friend writes in an Xmas card to say he is now his partner's long term carer (partner is very old and has short term memory loss) and "it's a lonely life". 

I'll write him a letter. See if I can't get an old-fashioned correspondence going. He's an old fashioned chap who doesn't do electronic communication. We could talk about books if he cares to. He's as besotted a litterateur as I am. I'd enjoy having someone to sound off to about H.G. Wells (for instance).

I used to be quite good at writing letters- thirty, forty years ago.

Date: 2012-12-08 05:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] algabal.livejournal.com
It is so incredibly satisfying to receive a hand-written letter. A truly special experience.

Date: 2012-12-09 10:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
Yes. And it used to be a common one.

Date: 2012-12-10 12:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sorenr.livejournal.com
I love your profile picture...

(Okay, so I've had a crush on Rupert Brooke for ages and just last week I received a copy of The Handsomest Man in England...)

Date: 2012-12-10 03:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] algabal.livejournal.com
I think it's one of the loveliest portraits ever taken of a male. Simply perfect.

Date: 2012-12-13 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sorenr.livejournal.com
I'd marry him in a heartbeat if a) he wasn't dead, b) I wasn't already married and c) he wasn't - by most accounts - a bit of a cad... I could overlook c), but a) and b) sort of rules it out.

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