A crisis . . . a desperate cry for help?

     "What you hope for
Is that at some point of the pointless journey
The King assassin Sleep will draw a bead
And blow your brains out"
   -- "Walking to Sleep" Richard Wilbur

How important is the background, all those little details that flesh out the character and the world they live in?
Its important, right? It is and it isn't.

Let me get straight to the point, before I wander off too much. The reason I'm almost in panic mode, I think there is a major problem with Ange being a single child.

Letter Writing

"The three [letters] you wrote me after I had broken of the engagement are so beautiful, and so badly spelled, that even now I can hardly read them without crying a little."
Cecily, The Importance of Being Earnest

Let's see, the last time I wrote an actual letter to someone, I mean a handwritten letter, was . . . maybe a birthday card to my sister last year. It's rare, who can afford stamps these days. 44cents. And what a waste of  paper, unless it is recyclable, (Actually I own some fancy stationary made from banana leaves - there's different kind of a renewable resouce.) But e-mail is so much better, right?

I wonder.

Everyday I come home from work and the first thing I do before I go inside is check the mailbox. I receive a magazine once a week, but other than that I get bills and junk mail. Unless it is birthday cards or christmas cards

I never ever write letters anymore. Actually I don't even send out Christmas cards - I think about sending them - does that count?