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This week, I did something I haven’t done in a really long time: I mailed an actual, handwritten letter.

My wife and I were celebrating her birthday weekend in the tiny wine town of Los Olivos, and we were staying at the Fess Parker Inn. In the room was a classic writing desk, complete with a writing mat, stationery,…