tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post7179805680161260705..comments2024-02-09T13:20:01.103-08:00Comments on bibliophiliac: Sunday Coffeebibliophiliachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-70536085782059167102011-09-03T05:39:20.383-07:002011-09-03T05:39:20.383-07:00I'm glad your school year is going well! I hop...I'm glad your school year is going well! I hope it continues that way.Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-89900099831172028842011-08-25T05:17:47.032-07:002011-08-25T05:17:47.032-07:00Another great Sunday Coffee. I have journals goin...Another great Sunday Coffee. I have journals going back to 5th grade, though lately I've fallen out of the habit. I read somewhere and exercise where you keep a journal, but just pick one scene out of your day and write it as if it were in a story or novel. So making your life into a scene. I liked that idea, and did it for a while, and then life got in the way. I do think writing helps to deal with trama's, large and small. Anne Lamott advises you to write it all out....all the ugliness. It'll help you and maybe someone else.Robyn Rylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510195754917893035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-34325290369037969342011-08-22T17:04:51.125-07:002011-08-22T17:04:51.125-07:00@Scriptor Senex- "edifying and horrifying&quo...@Scriptor Senex- "edifying and horrifying" - exactly! I don't read old journals very often, but when I do I often see patterns that weren't apparent at the time.bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-77322494424517775062011-08-22T16:59:54.551-07:002011-08-22T16:59:54.551-07:00@Judith-interesting that you type your journal. I ...@Judith-interesting that you type your journal. I still like to write long-hand (a dying art, I think).<br />@Sam-can't wait to hear how your first week goes!<br />@Lesa-I'm not sure I want my descendents to read my journals!<br />@Jennifer-it's interesting that you do use a journal during difficult times (so it is therapeutic). I'm reading everything I can about the writing process. It never ceases to fascinate.bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-39341197145037819022011-08-21T22:50:02.297-07:002011-08-21T22:50:02.297-07:00Like you I keep journals both of my thoughts and a...Like you I keep journals both of my thoughts and actions (mostly boring actions) and of tidbits picked up here and there. I have kept them for forty years. I find it's both edifying and horrifying going back over them. It takes a journal to remind us how we've changed and developed over the years. I wonder if my thoughts now will seem as childish in another twenty years (if I live that long)?Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-43723877414998531942011-08-21T14:42:27.375-07:002011-08-21T14:42:27.375-07:00I always wish I kept a journal, but can never get ...I always wish I kept a journal, but can never get into a habit. I do have one that I keep around for when I've got issues going on - writing difficult feelings down helps keeps me from taking thing out on my husband, but other than that I never write out anything. I am fascinated by writing as therapy though - I'll have to check out that book.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127105939589606854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-54654315496649728702011-08-21T14:28:10.631-07:002011-08-21T14:28:10.631-07:00Sounds like you are off to a good start with the s...Sounds like you are off to a good start with the school year. This week will be my first full week back and I'm kinda excited about it. <br /><br />That is so cool that you have years of journals-- not just cathartic but also what a treasure for your descendants. Wish I had kept journals since my childhood-- maybe if blogging had existed then I would have.Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102907186589066829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-36790253720471118062011-08-21T13:43:49.526-07:002011-08-21T13:43:49.526-07:00Glad the school year had such a positive start for...Glad the school year had such a positive start for you. I start again on the 5th September, I'm looking forward to it but also can't believe the summer is almost over!<br /><br />I keep a journal, on and off. I don't write in it as much as I should ...Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-70879392842858538562011-08-21T11:02:35.525-07:002011-08-21T11:02:35.525-07:00I have been keeping a journal since the age of eig...I have been keeping a journal since the age of eight (1961). I have an overflowing, huge box of spiral-bound notebooks, chock-full of all kinds of details about my life and thoughts. Since 2007, I've been writing my journal on the computer, so now my entries are ever so carefully edited (can't help it)! I think better when I'm writing.<br /><br />Judith (Reader in the Wilderness)Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.com