tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233003946884986046.post2860803338097470886..comments2024-03-10T12:18:00.338-04:00Comments on Rhobin Lee Courtright: What Do I Like to Write?Rhobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627825512017360508noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233003946884986046.post-61175284323020353992021-09-19T11:06:08.813-04:002021-09-19T11:06:08.813-04:00I do have diaries/journals started on holidays. th...I do have diaries/journals started on holidays. they're really useful to remember what the good hotel or restaurant was actually called as oppsed to what one thinks one remembers it was called. the diaries and journals peter out though. I'm useless at the needs to be sone everyday stuff. which is why I was amazed I managed to write up my Lockdown diary on Novels Now for all those posts. It was a reason to get out of bed and a keep a grip on the reality of days passing.anne stenhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737658937717248241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233003946884986046.post-32538099228064899672021-09-18T15:34:21.716-04:002021-09-18T15:34:21.716-04:00I completely forgot about journals and diaries, bo...I completely forgot about journals and diaries, both of which I've kept in my lifetime (not continuously but sometimes.) And I am a frequent letter writer. I still buy stamps in 100 stamp rolls (not used to pay bills which I do on line) So, you've reminded me of a few things I'd forgotten. Your comment, we are writers, so of course we write... is so very true. Skyewriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938351117986167519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233003946884986046.post-69864685505946707982021-09-18T13:28:06.622-04:002021-09-18T13:28:06.622-04:00I have kept many letters from those who’ve written...I have kept many letters from those who’ve written to me. I used to write a lot of letters. I enjoyed it. I have a journal I kept of my graduation trip to Europe. It’s full of facts about the places I visited. So much information. I’ll have to look to see if I included any personal thoughts about the places. One thing I learned in my travels around Europe: if a town had a youth hostel, that hostel would be on the highest hill and as far from the train station as it could possibly be. LOL Seriously, if there was a hill, the hostel would be at the top of it.<br /><br />Most of what I’ve written in any of my diaries is not anything I would want anyone to read. LOL My teenage years diaries are full of angst, as only a teenager can express it. LOL And when I write in journals like that, I don’t hold back. It’s more to get my emotions and thoughts out onto a page. There was a time when I wrote every day and burned the writings. (For the best.)<br /><br />I found a love letter from my mom to my dad before they were married. That was eye opening. When I showed it to my mom, she was less than pleased that I’d found it. LOLMarci Baunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850775917897362922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233003946884986046.post-15201003374636044822021-09-18T10:17:20.962-04:002021-09-18T10:17:20.962-04:00I envy you having those letters. I was horrified w...I envy you having those letters. I was horrified when my Mum told me she and my dad burnt all their wartime letters to each other. I bewailed the loss of history but she said it was their history. I still have my parents' letters from when I first came to Canada. They are gone now but that 10 years worth of communication is something I treasure. Occasionally I will take up a pen and handwrite a letter to someone, on real paper, sent off in a stamped envelope. The response is usually by email, but that letter is still, strangely, much appreciated my the recipient. I guess we all have fond memories of snail mail.Victoria Chathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064028734034371341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233003946884986046.post-9721287040283012312021-09-18T07:19:48.302-04:002021-09-18T07:19:48.302-04:00Rhobin, you are right! Our Round Robin essays abou...Rhobin, you are right! Our Round Robin essays about writing are nonfiction.<br />:)Dr Bob Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905005432340711608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233003946884986046.post-58677355165728479102021-09-18T02:30:52.227-04:002021-09-18T02:30:52.227-04:00Diaries and journals such a calming daily habit......Diaries and journals such a calming daily habit...unfortunately, it's a habit I can't seem to cultivate. How wonderful that you have letters from your father to give you 1st person insight into history. Connie Vineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835205487088200480noreply@blogger.com