Pen and Ink Friends

I found a little verse in my favorite old magazine, Kitchen Klatter, April 1960, that reminds me of making friends while blogging. Yesterday friends were made with pen and ink, today friends are made with strokes of keys.

It’s rather wonderful, I think, 

When friends are made by pen and ink

A piece of paper, blue or white

Someone decides that she will write

To one whom she has never seen

Who lives where she has never been

A pen becomes a magic wand!

Two strangers start to correspond

Not strangers long, but soon good friends

Just look how that last letter ends!

How pleasant the exchange of views

And comments on the latest news

Oh, one can talk of this and that

And have the coziest kinds of chats

Two souls who live quite far apart

Can gladden each other’s heart,

Can nourish each other’s mind

With letters, sensible and kind

It’s truly wonderful, I think,

When friends are made by pen and ink

-Unknown

 

Isn’t wonderful how we can reach out to each other while sitting at our computers! I want my readers to know that I consider each and every one of them my friend. Make a comment or send an email, each one is greatly appreciated. 

I will leave you with another verse.

Make new friends but keep the old,

One is silver and the other is gold.