Comments on: Blogging and Penfriends https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/14/blogging-and-penfriends/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Tue, 24 Nov 2015 17:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/14/blogging-and-penfriends/#comment-20804 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:11:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42599#comment-20804 In reply to LA.

LA, you are the penfriend from whom I learn the most!

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/14/blogging-and-penfriends/#comment-20803 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:13:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42599#comment-20803 Indeed, Anita, you have many penfriends. In the US of my youth, we called them “pen pals”. Our letters in 4th grade were so simple, yet so open. Our school wrote to Catholic kids in Vietnam and Korea. They rarely wrote back, but it was still fun knowing our letters were being read halfway across the globe.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/14/blogging-and-penfriends/#comment-20802 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:42:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42599#comment-20802 In reply to Joy Lenton.

Yes, I think words lose power when they are written hastily, without much thought, and the most powerful words come from much thought.

]]> By: Joy Lenton https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/14/blogging-and-penfriends/#comment-20801 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:58:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42599#comment-20801 It is really interesting to hear more about your personal history, Anita, and get a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes. Letter writing is rather a lost art form and that’s quite sad. During recent times when I have been more housebound, I have loved receiving cards from friends. Meanwhile, social media and blogging help us to stay in touch, connect and communicate our activities and thoughts with ease. Sometimes one feels that hesitating, pen poised in hand, might slow down quick-fire responses that we may regret once they are ‘out there’ for the world to see. I love to read and communicate though. So, yes, it would be great to be a penfriend!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/14/blogging-and-penfriends/#comment-20800 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:42:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42599#comment-20800 In reply to Christina S.

Wow, 20! That’s really impressive!

]]> By: Christina S https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/14/blogging-and-penfriends/#comment-20799 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:16:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42599#comment-20799 Great post! I’d never thought of the similarity between writing to penfriends and blogging before. You’re right. I used to love writing to penfriends when I was young, and had around 20 at one point, all over the world. Now social media caters to that same urge to share the day-to-day with others.

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