Comments on: Do the Write Thing http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-the-write-thing Girl-friendly points of view from women living midlife with humor and grace, keeping it real—staying young and healthy in heart and mind. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: mellimel http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-819 mellimel Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:54:27 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=559#comment-819 I have files (by person) of letters and cards. I have old family letters which should be in an archive somewhere and yet I cannot let them go being as they are the only connection I have to someone I never met. I love fingering the paper, smelling the place it was written, and touching the ink. I though I might be one of the last champions of letter writing AND Receiving. Now I know I am not alone. Thanks be. I have files (by person) of letters and cards. I have old family letters which should be in an archive somewhere and yet I cannot let them go being as they are the only connection I have to someone I never met. I love fingering the paper, smelling the place it was written, and touching the ink. I though I might be one of the last champions of letter writing AND Receiving. Now I know I am not alone. Thanks be.

]]> By: christie http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-808 christie Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:17:34 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=559#comment-808 Yes, Pru, the handwritten letter will be the definition of romance in the 21st century! I'm getting some fancy stationery and filling my Parker pen with beautiful blue ink. Yes, Pru, the handwritten letter will be the definition of romance in the 21st century! I’m getting some fancy stationery and filling my Parker pen with beautiful blue ink.

]]> By: Breon http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Breon Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:37:35 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=559#comment-803 Prudence..it's one of the things I've always loved, writing long letters to people I care about...I do less and less of it--it feels as if there isn't the time anymore (I only like to write when I have ample time to gather my thoughts). Emails, which I do not love, not at all, seem like something you can fit in between lots of other tasks and running out the door. Not so satisfying, but something that takes up less space in the too-busy days we all have. I loved reading your thoughts, maybe you'll re-inspire me... Prudence..it’s one of the things I’ve always loved, writing long letters to people I care about…I do less and less of it–it feels as if there isn’t the time anymore (I only like to write when I have ample time to gather my thoughts). Emails, which I do not love, not at all, seem like something you can fit in between lots of other tasks and running out the door. Not so satisfying, but something that takes up less space in the too-busy days we all have. I loved reading your thoughts, maybe you’ll re-inspire me…

]]> By: Marsha http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Marsha Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:30:41 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=559#comment-794 Wow... thanks Pru for the reminder that we are missing out in our hi-tech society when we quickly shoot off an email... There is something so delicious about a hand written letter from a friend. I always loved as a child getting letters from my friend Maripat who moved 30 miles away when I was 8. I had my own stationery with my name on it & there was such excitment opening up a letter & recognizing the handwriting. The style of the handwriting that only belongs to that particular person. I still feel that way ...going through the morass of bills, and advertisments in my mailbox, my heart leaps to find a letter, with a stamp on the envelope, addressed to me. I quickly scan to see to who it is from and the excitment builds as I hold it in my hand. I always open it first. It reflects that the person who wrote the letter also gets how sweet it is to send a personal, handwritten letter. The more I get emails, the more I desire getting a hand written letter on someone's unique stationery, seeing more of them through their upper cases, lower cases & the width of their margins, the size of their letters.. all revealing a bit of that person. Love letters through the email are missing the seductive, peronal quality of handling the handwritten letter. I am hooked. Wow… thanks Pru for the reminder that we are missing out in our hi-tech society when we quickly shoot off an email…
There is something so delicious about a hand written letter from a friend. I always loved as a child getting letters from my friend Maripat who moved 30 miles away when I was 8. I had my own stationery with my name on it & there was such excitment opening up a letter & recognizing the handwriting. The style of the handwriting that only belongs to that particular person.
I still feel that way …going through the morass of bills, and advertisments in my mailbox, my heart leaps to find a letter, with a stamp on the envelope, addressed to me. I quickly scan to see to who it is from and the excitment builds as I hold it in my hand. I always open it first.
It reflects that the person who wrote the letter also gets how sweet it is to send a personal, handwritten letter. The more I get emails, the more I desire getting a hand written letter on someone’s unique stationery, seeing more of them through their upper cases, lower cases & the width of their margins, the size of their letters.. all revealing a bit of that person.
Love letters through the email are missing the seductive, peronal quality of handling the handwritten letter.
I am hooked.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Cathy Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:28:36 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=559#comment-793 Pru, I have been thinking about this most thought-provoking blog since yesterday. The excitement of receiving a hand-written envelope in the mail makes me giddy, and a wonderfully written letter would put me over the edge, probably make me dash to my computer and write an immediate thank-you. I could write and mail a letter, but that would take days to get to its destination. There's something about the immediate gratification to which we've grown so accustomed and the sense of urgency it provokes that makes me long for a sense of balance and renewed patience. Pru,

I have been thinking about this most thought-provoking blog since yesterday. The excitement of receiving a hand-written envelope in the mail makes me giddy, and a wonderfully written letter would put me over the edge, probably make me dash to my computer and write an immediate thank-you. I could write and mail a letter, but that would take days to get to its destination.

There’s something about the immediate gratification to which we’ve grown so accustomed and the sense of urgency it provokes that makes me long for a sense of balance and renewed patience.

]]> By: dearpru http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-792 dearpru Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:11:24 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=559#comment-792 Cathy, You are so observant! I was hoping that one went under the radar! Yes, it's true. A lovely, hand-written letter CAN elicit an electronic response. And what we're losing is the kind of back-and-forth that you (and historians) read in the John and Abigal Adams'correspondence that was written while he lingered alone in the White House and she held down the fort on their farm in Braintree, Massachusetts. I don't envy future historians...they'll have their hands full trying to match up official documents, newspaper headlines and internet material, archived emails and hard copies of whatever letters exist...and MIA will be all IMs, text messages, BlackBerry and iPhone interactions. And if revisionists come in (through some kind of political upheaval) and rewrite history to suit their ideology, all bets are off as to whether those who live years from now will really know anything about us. Well, as our last president might now say, "Not my problem! Heh-heh!" Pru Cathy,
You are so observant! I was hoping that one went under the radar!

Yes, it’s true. A lovely, hand-written letter CAN elicit an electronic response. And what we’re losing is the kind of back-and-forth that you (and historians) read in the John and Abigal Adams’correspondence that was written while he lingered alone in the White House and she held down the fort on their farm in Braintree, Massachusetts.

I don’t envy future historians…they’ll have their hands full trying to match up official documents, newspaper headlines and internet material, archived emails and hard copies of whatever letters exist…and MIA will be all IMs, text messages, BlackBerry and iPhone interactions. And if revisionists come in (through some kind of political upheaval) and rewrite history to suit their ideology, all bets are off as to whether those who live years from now will really know anything about us.

Well, as our last president might now say, “Not my problem! Heh-heh!”
Pru

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/01/27/do-the-write-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Rosemary Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=559#comment-791 Write on! I'm going out and buying some expensive stationary. P.S. I've been telling my daughter that there is no such thing as "private" on the internet...how do you "delete" one million e-mails???????????????????????? Write on! I’m going out and buying some expensive stationary.

P.S. I’ve been telling my daughter that there is no such thing as “private” on the internet…how do you “delete” one million e-mails????????????????????????

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