Now Jake is even willing to write an occasional letter, to a friend or to someone in our family whom he has visited.

Others allow no outside communication beyond the occasional handwritten letter.

Hence a confidence arose, which has since been kept alive by occasional letters.

Throughout that spring they saw nothing of Maria, and only the occasional letter came.

Ted got occasional letters, written in a rush and saying almost nothing.

High point: "Getting the occasional letter from someone telling me that my voice really means something to them."

Only an occasional letter here and there mentioned a broken family.

I told myself it would just be a few pieces of silver now and then in exchange for die occasional letter.

I am kept informed about it by occasional letters from colleagues.

The two places have traded occasional letters and barbs since at least the 1970s.