tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post34453686127804258..comments2023-04-03T09:34:37.841-04:00Comments on Romantoes: This is my letter to the world that wrote volumes to me*Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-66070590147999136132009-02-22T20:54:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:54:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, all...this was kind of a ...Thanks for the comments, all...this was kind of a tough post to write, so I appreciate your positive response!<BR/><BR/>@Catherine--you may be jealous of the "friendship archivist," but *I'm* jealous of the Milk Box Mail System. How cool. (We had a milk box in Greeley for awhile...and then the home delivery ended. Very sad.)<BR/><BR/>@ej--I do save some e-mails, though it's harder to access Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-67620864595748842402009-02-20T17:31:00.000-05:002009-02-20T17:31:00.000-05:00Rosemary --Kismet?I cannot begin to recreate the z...Rosemary --<BR/><BR/>Kismet?<BR/><BR/>I cannot begin to recreate the zen googles, searching for something else, that landed me on your blog -- and on <I>this very post.</I><BR/><BR/>Causing as much surprised whiplash as one can manage when actually already staring at a laptop screen.<BR/><BR/>1985. Governor's Honor Program. Ring any bells? Or toot any absolutely ridiculous Opel horns?Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-8837688800879047212009-02-19T22:54:00.000-05:002009-02-19T22:54:00.000-05:00I loved this post for so many reasons, but here ar...I loved this post for so many reasons, but here are just two:<BR/><BR/>-What a poignant, melancholy, but also giddy rush to see Jay's own words in his own unmistakable handwriting. <BR/><BR/>-I've been going through some of my own freshman hurdles (with the new job) lately, and it's heartening to see that experience universalized.<BR/><BR/>I envy your foresight to save these letters! And here's Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762814181349108405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-89412586125489198452009-02-19T16:53:00.000-05:002009-02-19T16:53:00.000-05:00This is SO cool. I love old letters- anybody's ol...This is SO cool. I love old letters- anybody's old letters! <BR/><BR/> I also have a box of letters and journals from about age 8 on. I moved a lot as a child and managed to keep up several pen pals. I have most of those letters, plus every note all my friends in school wrote me. <BR/><BR/>In high schoo, many kids in my group went to different schools- some to the private, some to the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-39200812467743802622009-02-19T13:57:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:57:00.000-05:00That's brilliant. It's wonderful to have that leve...That's brilliant. It's wonderful to have that level of support when you're lonely and stressed and depressed; heck, even when you're in a good place in your life! This is partially why I have begun to hand-write more notes and letters to friends and family recently, in addition to emailing -- there's a value in the physical missive that goes beyond just the words and sentiments.<BR/><BR/>I just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-8519413473377705572009-02-18T23:47:00.000-05:002009-02-18T23:47:00.000-05:00Only you would have all of those letters, so neatl...Only you would have all of those letters, so neatly stored away, waiting to be rediscovered like this. It's times like this that I wish I were better at the organization needed to be nostalgic. Though I fear that all of the letters sent to me during my college years would have fit in just a section of one of those shoeboxes!<BR/><BR/>And BTW, does this mean you save all of your emails as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com