Is it too late to send holiday cards? Not according to Michelle Slatalla writing in The New York Times. This is a tongue-in-cheek piece, but very funny and with more than a few truths about cards sent - and received. I wrote in an earlier article how I am committed to sending cards next year. It's a good way to incorporate one more personal (and analog) touch into my life.
Paper Notes ?
- Paper notes in a digital world? Absolutely. I still believe in pens, pencils, notebooks, journals, daily planners, letter writing, thank-you cards, and all things that celebrate a life that respects the placing of words on paper. Though, obviously, the words you are now reading are not on paper, they are definitely on paper - in spirit. In an age of blogs (like this one), blogs about blogs, online publications of all kinds and everything digital, I still celebrate the journal kept in a notebook, bound books, magazines, a good newspaper and the literary world of old. I love to read about writing and writers. I’d rather read an interview with Somerset Maugham or Paul Auster than the gurus of the computer age. Why? I think my full-plunge into computing in the late eighties has worn me down. I feel disconnected in the most connected age of all. Read More Here
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I'm Reading
Alexandra Johnson: Leaving a Trace : On Keeping a Journal
Best book in years on journal keeping.Jon Katz: Running to the Mountain : A Midlife Adventure
Fleeing the city - to think.Jeffrey A. Kottler: Divine Madness : Ten Stories of Creative Struggle
Simply fascinating.Ralph Keyes: The Courage to Write : How Writers Transcend Fear
Best book I have ever read on writing encouragement. I'm reading it for the third time!The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are
This one comes highly recommended!
Digital Organization
GOLDEN SECTION NOTES is a user-friendly e-notebook that organizes your notes and graphics in a convenient folder tree format. When you must organize that digital
information, try GS NOTES.
Contact
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January 12, 2006
December 24, 2005
Merry Christmas with Classic Gunsmoke
With my love for paper and all things vintage, you may not be surprised to
find out I am a fan of Old-Time-Radio (OTR). For Christmas I am presenting
The Christmas Story, a classic old-time-radio episode which first aired
on radio's Gunsmoke on December 20, 1952. It is just under thirty
minutes and is a nice, simple Christmas story. Truly classic Gunsmoke.
Listen or Download The Christmas Story In mp3 Here
Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Christmas Post
You can read the subject title two ways:
1. This is my Christmas blog post
or
2. This is about Christmas mail and the post office
I have received fewer Christmas cards this year than any year I can remember. I think a lot of people have decided that an email at Christmas will suffice. But does it - really? To me, it's another tradition that the digital age has pretty much destroyed. True, nothing is stopping anyone from sending Christmas cards - but that email is so much quicker.
Do you still send Christmas cards? I must confess to never having been a big sender of cards during the holiday season, but that will change. My first New Year's resolution for 2006 is to make sure I send lots of Christmas cards in 2006. I want to bring the personal greeting back into my communications in as many ways as possible - and the holidays are a perfect time to do this. I'll do my small part of keeping this tradition alive - and enjoy it! Maybe if you, like me, desire more analog back into your life, you will consider Christmas cards next year as well. Of course, maybe you already send bundles. If so, hat's off!
Merry Christmas To All,
Mike
Paper Notes In A Digital World
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