USPS

I use the Internet to make my living, and without Facebook, email, access to the New York Times and Times Picayune (among other favorite sites), and My Daily Snap, I would be cestfallen.

But I would be heartsick without the United States Postal Service. In this regard, I am a troglodyte.

At the moment, I send a daily photo card with message to an elderly friend in hospice, a salve for me in letting go. I also look forward to the unexpected letter in my mailbox, like this one: another Nancy Drew postcard from my great-niece who is now writing with abandon.

She can not only make my day, but my year.