Wonders of the internet

How did we ever manage without it?

For the past 22 years I have had a friend in Lake Tahoe...a pen-friend, as she was called at the time. We exchanged letters perhaps once a month; long epic tales of family and gossip that would take an age to write, but were worth the effort. These days we e-mail. Instant communication....fabulous. Except that Carmen's e-mail may arrive along with 12 others, and is read as part of a list. At the time I think to myself as soon as I've checked the rest of the mail I reply. But then something happens in the meantime and I then forget. The next day when I check my e-mail, Carmen's nessage isn't in bold to catch my eye, and so I forget again. With letters, they were always there in fron of you.

I think I'm going to surprise Carmen with a long snail mail!!