As usual, Terry, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your letter and am looking forward to writing my response! It's amazing that we've been writing to each other for a whole year, and it's so interesting looking back on our letters to see how they've changed in that time.
In fact I'm planning a little '2023 letterospective' (retrospective look at our letters) for later in December! More about that in my reply next week.
You've asked about how I feel about memoir - well, really good memoirs are actually what I most enjoy reading. 😁 I have to remind myself though that life stories are given such different treatment by their different authors, and I'd say I prefer the ones whose story hangs off the hooks of a journey or an experience, rather than, say, a dry autobiography that is just a chronology of the author's life.
You've been reading chunks of my own memoir, in a way, since you first subscribed to my newsletter last year! Not sure my own life stories will ever make it as far as a book, though. 🤣
Congratulations on the anniversary. Love the incredibly accurate astrological prediction. I’ll clearly have to sign up for their daily updates. Grin. And audio books? I have the same problem you have. I simply don’t have the degree of intense concentration required to listen to one. Unless I’ve preread the book, in which case it works perfectly as a way to enjoy the story again while travelling in the car. But even then, I fret a little about the degree of concentration required. Ah well.
Another entertaining letter. 1. I have read them all year long. You are perfect sparring partners. I love the abandon with which you insult each other. Shows a true friendship. 2. Exercising by using a larger mug for tea works for me! However, I find that repeatedly lifting a fork does not seem to work so well. 3. I feel the same as you do about audio books, unless they are light hearted, humorous ones. I like to go back and re-read lines, savor the language and can't do that when being read to. 4. You have a July birthday?
Haha. How does one clamp a driver?? Pray tell.
"Must concentrate time loop." Oh yeah, I can certainly identify with that. I much prefer to read rather than listen.
As usual, Terry, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your letter and am looking forward to writing my response! It's amazing that we've been writing to each other for a whole year, and it's so interesting looking back on our letters to see how they've changed in that time.
In fact I'm planning a little '2023 letterospective' (retrospective look at our letters) for later in December! More about that in my reply next week.
You've asked about how I feel about memoir - well, really good memoirs are actually what I most enjoy reading. 😁 I have to remind myself though that life stories are given such different treatment by their different authors, and I'd say I prefer the ones whose story hangs off the hooks of a journey or an experience, rather than, say, a dry autobiography that is just a chronology of the author's life.
You've been reading chunks of my own memoir, in a way, since you first subscribed to my newsletter last year! Not sure my own life stories will ever make it as far as a book, though. 🤣
Congratulations on the anniversary. Love the incredibly accurate astrological prediction. I’ll clearly have to sign up for their daily updates. Grin. And audio books? I have the same problem you have. I simply don’t have the degree of intense concentration required to listen to one. Unless I’ve preread the book, in which case it works perfectly as a way to enjoy the story again while travelling in the car. But even then, I fret a little about the degree of concentration required. Ah well.
Thanks dear Terry. Always an enjoyable read. 🤗🤗
Another entertaining letter. 1. I have read them all year long. You are perfect sparring partners. I love the abandon with which you insult each other. Shows a true friendship. 2. Exercising by using a larger mug for tea works for me! However, I find that repeatedly lifting a fork does not seem to work so well. 3. I feel the same as you do about audio books, unless they are light hearted, humorous ones. I like to go back and re-read lines, savor the language and can't do that when being read to. 4. You have a July birthday?