3:45pm, 24 March 1997, the letter was sent from Enniskillen, Poste Restante, GPO, Rarotonga

The letter remained unclaimed, it was returned to sender..

4:40pm, 16th May 2020, the recipient is sorting photos into albums..it falls out.. and she is transported to another time in her life…

The letter writer, tells of nights out in 1997 Enniskillen..snippets from home life, and words of love.. Dishwashing man..the amaurous letter writer is no longer with us physically, but the art of his written word warms her heart.

She ponders as she reads, she recalls the resplendence of Rarotonga, the distance of desire, and in a letter of three pages she is transported in time, in place, and age…

When time, place and age move and alter, the core of love remains rooted, real and ravishing!

In this moment of time there is reflection of the past, cognizance of reality, and an acceptance of what really matters.

At this time in her life, she realises that the art of the letter does that in its script. The very nature of its correspondence involves a desire, an action, and a motive to connect..

She reflects and is thankful for the letter, thankful she has many in her collection, and she will never be saddened that the text of technology was not around in her days of youth, love, and travel… because she is sure a text would not imprint like the letter..

Perhaps we need to be more mindful to pick up the pen, discourse the words and leave our dialogue imprinted xox