tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post8290044906908205919..comments2024-02-24T03:14:25.170-05:00Comments on A Half Baked Life: From One Writer to AnotherJustine Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-54744198776680266382015-04-08T12:05:15.561-04:002015-04-08T12:05:15.561-04:00I keep a bullet journal, and I often write down my...I keep a bullet journal, and I often write down my feelings in it, so that's longhand. <br /><br />I'm trying to think of the oldest book I've touched. Which is very different from the oldest paper I've seen in terms of things like the Dead Sea scrolls or the Book of Kells. I can't think of the oldest thing I've touched.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-21612674330132480242015-04-02T13:25:50.417-04:002015-04-02T13:25:50.417-04:00Hmmm....I have a family bible that's from the ...Hmmm....I have a family bible that's from the mid-1800s. That would be the oldest, aside from y own diaries, lol.<br /><br />I can't remember the last time I wrote something long-hand. Maybe a letter to my nephew? 3 years ago.<br /><br />I should remedy that.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-14100691638433863242015-03-31T23:17:34.774-04:002015-03-31T23:17:34.774-04:00Justine, I'm in awe. The oldest books I've...Justine, I'm in awe. The oldest books I've seen date back maybe 50-60 years. I would love to see something so old, let alone touch it (shivers from that thought)!<br /><br />This topic is one I think about now as there's been a call to revisit old theories and models in Biology. Too often researchers go down one rabbit hole based on a few people's intrepretations of the data. But it you reload the original manuscripts and revisit those ideas, it's not uncommon to unearth new insights that lead to new hypotheses. So I've been spending time with older works. <br /><br />I wish I had the patience to hand-write letters. Part of it is my handwriting is horrible (it physically causes me pain to write) and the other part is my mind is faster than my hands. That said, I love reading old journals and letters. It's such a craft to write this way. Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-53295163621825235442015-03-31T23:10:43.909-04:002015-03-31T23:10:43.909-04:00Loribeth, I think you would be fantastic at this! ...Loribeth, I think you would be fantastic at this! Maybe worth exploring?Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-63227856699677396282015-03-31T21:05:18.729-04:002015-03-31T21:05:18.729-04:00Oh!! SO!! COOL!!! I sometimes think I missed my ca...Oh!! SO!! COOL!!! I sometimes think I missed my calling and should have been an archivist. :) I have to admit I write very little in longhand these days aside from a message or two in Christmas cards to my aunts and my shopping lists. But I still think kids need to learn it. ;) <br /><br />I got to handle a packet of letters that my great-great grandmother & her children wrote back to their family in Ontario after they headed west in the late 1870s. Not only do they tell my family's story, they also describe scenes such as Sitting Bull and his braves dancing in the streets under the stars. I'd read transcripts of the letters since I was a child, but to see the handwriting and touch them was an unforgettable experience. The originals almost got thrown out & spent about 50 years after transcription in the closet of my mother's cousin... thankfully, they are now archivally preserved and housed in a vault at a local museum. loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-8546735470094814592015-03-31T16:59:55.654-04:002015-03-31T16:59:55.654-04:00I loved the National Archives when we went to visi...I loved the National Archives when we went to visit DC when I was in high school, but I've never touched anything that old. <br /><br />I loved to write letters when I was younger, and now I do handwrite some of my correspondence, but most of it is electronic. The only thing that doesn't fit is my journal - that's handwritten. And I love that about it. There's history of me from when I was 13 years told through nearly 40. Here and there, mind you - I didn't write continuously. But still. Pretty cool that someday my husband or son can go through those journals and read about the things I thought. :)<br /><br />xoxoKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082956686236308421noreply@blogger.com