tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post765674132433468238..comments2024-02-26T08:43:47.488-08:00Comments on Domesticated: Letters, Postcards and Far-Away FriendsThe HouseCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-12845933676124298892015-02-14T13:47:47.341-08:002015-02-14T13:47:47.341-08:00Aww! I hope you get some cheerier letters :)Aww! I hope you get some cheerier letters :)The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-86109034678369296382012-11-28T06:41:42.414-08:002012-11-28T06:41:42.414-08:00Definitely prefer receiving letters unfortunately ...Definitely prefer receiving letters unfortunately just lately they have been of the nasty government variety :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-65331198641677548382012-11-24T15:31:00.338-08:002012-11-24T15:31:00.338-08:00A lot of my friends moved abroad, some returning t...A lot of my friends moved abroad, some returning to their countries of origin, others emigrating, others living abroad temporarily on gap years, or for fixed-term positions of employment. I think part of the reason I end up writing to them is because we're in different time-zones, so I rarely get to have a good chat (either via text chat systems, phone or Skype) with them, so any proper catch-up ends up being either by letter or e-mail, and I just prefer letters. The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-24745779274345454102012-11-24T15:27:45.412-08:002012-11-24T15:27:45.412-08:00I still keep in contact with people via FaceBook, ...I still keep in contact with people via FaceBook, e-mail, forums, Skype, text chat of various forms, etc. When it comes to distant friends, I probably talk most to them via Skype or various forms of text chat (including FaceBook chat) because I like the conversational format, but for more long-winded correspondence, I prefer letters to e-mails. The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-44166278147137267812012-11-24T13:11:24.501-08:002012-11-24T13:11:24.501-08:00I end up being terminally British and waffle on fo...I end up being terminally British and waffle on for paragraphs about the recent fluctuations of the weather in my letters a lot... The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-66961319506767252902012-11-24T13:09:51.154-08:002012-11-24T13:09:51.154-08:00All my course-work for my A Levels (final secondar...All my course-work for my A Levels (final secondary school exams at 18, after GCSEs) was supposed to be typed and double-spaced, even for English Literature, and I thought this was strange; people didn't stop writing by hand at the invention of the type-writer, so why should they stop for the computer? I was taught at primary school to write in joined up writing, but it was a less loopy style than the one taught to me by my family before school, and apparently handwriting on the continent is generally curlier and loopier than in England because in the 1960s there was a school of thought that proper cursive was overly complicated and inefficient, so simpler italic and joined up styles were developed for teaching to children. I happen to write in a particularly elaborate cursive, and like giving fancy tails to my descenders and adding extra loops to my ascenders and altogether being swirly.The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-31737308777931231242012-11-24T06:59:27.173-08:002012-11-24T06:59:27.173-08:00The practice of writing real letters and sending t...The practice of writing real letters and sending them snail mail is rapidly dying. I offer as proof the fact that many schools here in the States are eliminating the instruction of cursive handwriting--a big mistake in my book, but a sad statement on the times.<br /><br />I'm glad that you're continuing the practice and yes, receiving a physical card, letter or whatever is special.Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-27133199773953078792012-11-23T18:07:06.202-08:002012-11-23T18:07:06.202-08:00I do love the idea of letters, but I find it hard ...I do love the idea of letters, but I find it hard to find things to say, I rarely talk about my life, mostly about books, which make up a huge portion of my life. Also my handwriting is beyond terrible. :PLaura Morriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402692693911867276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-22772942135508005742012-11-23T10:28:40.209-08:002012-11-23T10:28:40.209-08:00Few years ago I used to communicate with one frien...Few years ago I used to communicate with one friend of mine via letters. This friendship ended with time, and now I communicate with my friends from far away (although they don't live thousands of miles away from me, just a couple of hundreds, still within the borders of my country) online. Mostly. Because when our birthadys come we always send to each other a handwritten letter (and a couple of presents).<br />Receiving a letter is far more touching than leading a talk via online communicator - even if we do it every day, such talks don't make me so happy like a simple letter does. They aren't overly elaborate or decorated (although I myself tend to make calligraphical headers), but still are the nicest thing I can receive from someone; I prefer them than actual presents. And I store them in a box and return to them quite often, too, when I feel a need to re-read them.Rahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973135277948728309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-56312627041662052572012-11-23T07:41:28.246-08:002012-11-23T07:41:28.246-08:00I love letter writing too, but sadly I don't h...I love letter writing too, but sadly I don't have anyone to write to these days, mostly because I keep in contact with people online and feel like my letters would be redundant. I think I have to make the effort though, I have way too much stationery that isn't being used! Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08396164170206850260noreply@blogger.com