This writer found an old typewriter and rekindled a traditional way of easing isolation just in time for the holidays

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This writer found an old typewriter and rekindled a traditional way of easing isolation just in time for the holidays

When New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme bought an old-school typewriter, she thought it might be fun to send friends and family letters they could hold in their hands.When she saw how her old-fashioned letters lifted modern spirits weary of pandemic isolation, she launched PenPalooza. By harnessing the power of snail mail, PenPalooza breaks past the ephemeral and terse world of social media to reintroduce the time-honored idea of pen pals.Stran…