Photos: L.A. Pen Pal Club

Lydia Clarke, left, types a letter to her mom and Erika Mulan writes to a pen pal in Atlanta during a meeting of the L.A. Pen Pal Club. Mulan says letter writing is like keeping a journal.

Megan Johnson, left, of Los Angeles, writes a letter to her mom, who lives in North Carolina, while attending the once-a-month gathering of the L.A. Pen Pal Club inside Paper Pastries Atelier in downtown Los Angeles.

Erika Mulan, left, browses inside Paper Pastries Atelier in downtown Los Angeles while attending a monthly gathering of the L.A. Pen Pal Club.

Nariné Riley prepares to place a card into an envelope after writing a letter to her mom, who lives in Atlanta, while attending a gathering of the L.A. Pen Pal Club at Paper Pastries Atelier in downtown Los Angeles.

At Paper Pastries Atelier in downtown Los Angeles, visitors look at a variety of rubber stamps for sale while attending a gathering of the L.A. Pen Pal Club.

Lydia Clarke places stamps totaling 49 cents on an envelope containing a letter for her mom, who lives in Claremont, during a gathering of the L.A. Pen Pal Club in downtown Los Angeles.