tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056794334945166887.post2656376381344474955..comments2023-09-16T11:53:32.601-04:00Comments on sweet whisper dreams: this missive: pulverized scabsmignonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028407838518935203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056794334945166887.post-7811582472840177322012-06-15T09:43:11.536-04:002012-06-15T09:43:11.536-04:00oh dear, i also wanted to say, leonora, that these...oh dear, i also wanted to say, leonora, that these things called posts are indeed our letters to each other—unfortunately they're not written with a pen and they're not found inside our metal rural route mailboxes, but they are our correspondence to each other in the year 2012.mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028407838518935203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056794334945166887.post-72660745830908824082012-06-12T07:34:48.269-04:002012-06-12T07:34:48.269-04:00yes, bavaria, icky threads, but lovely letters!
l...yes, bavaria, icky threads, but lovely letters!<br /><br />leonora ~ thank you kindly. i'm so glad you asked. this post was inspired by david mccullough's book JOHN ADAMS—i highly recommend it— and also the HBO miniseries by the same name.<br /><br />YES, YES. i even had a pen pal for a month (!) once. also, when i was eight years old we lived in germany for a year and i corresponded (real letters not postcards) regularly with two of my friends.<br /><br />i agree—it would be great to discover a hand addressed envelope containing a real letter in the mailbox, but those days are mostly gone....mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028407838518935203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056794334945166887.post-34531621086540247512012-06-09T17:38:38.020-04:002012-06-09T17:38:38.020-04:00I wonder...whatever inspired you to write of Abiga...I wonder...whatever inspired you to write of Abigail Adams? It's beautifully done. <br />I worry sometimes that if I had to write with pen and paper, I may not do it. I used to! I'm old enough to have experienced years of writing and receiving letters through the mail. (Do you remember Pen Pals?)No more, though. I do miss the days of finding a hand addressed envelope in my mailbox.Leonorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701518822526054010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056794334945166887.post-55879537082329997612012-06-09T17:38:37.769-04:002012-06-09T17:38:37.769-04:00I wonder...whatever inspired you to write of Abiga...I wonder...whatever inspired you to write of Abigail Adams? It's beautifully done. <br />I worry sometimes that if I had to write with pen and paper, I may not do it. I used to! I'm old enough to have experienced years of writing and receiving letters through the mail. (Do you remember Pen Pals?)No more, though. I do miss the days of finding a hand addressed envelope in my mailbox.Leonorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701518822526054010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056794334945166887.post-80250064167505066892012-06-09T13:44:21.314-04:002012-06-09T13:44:21.314-04:00Amazing stuff... Gosh that thread must have been v...Amazing stuff... Gosh that thread must have been vile though! There's something so lovely about receiving a real letter isn't there? Harking back to days when life was less complicated, or so we like to believe :)BavarianSojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701272367912860549noreply@blogger.com