"The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters." --Lewis Carroll Whenever, as a writer, I arrive at the point where the tips of my fingers merely rest on the keyboard as I struggle to find just the right word, the right sentence, or even the right thought, I take a deep breath and pull from the antique sterling silver toast rack that belonged to my mother a letter from an author with much more substance that I have yet acquired to create words that move me f