Despite being separated by oceans and years, my great-uncle became a dear friendMy great-uncle was born in 1921, meaning we had an age gap of over 70 years.
As someone who also loves languages, writing, and talking to many different people, his undimmed intellectual curiosity proved inspiring to me.
An additional ongoing gift from my friendship with my great-uncle is that of writing letters.
Since writing to him and realizing how differently — and beautifully — people sometimes express themselves in long-form handwriting, I began writing letters to friends and receiving letters in turn.
Some of my friendships now have a precious quality they potentially wouldn't otherwise have were it not for letters.
Persons:
—, hadn't, Tolstoy
Locations:
Cornwall, England, Canberra, Australia, Italy, Europe, Cambridge