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"Quality of life"......a gift that just keeps on giving.
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I am glad to hear I am not alone. I just knew there had to be someone else out there like me, in that one small way. We do manage, don't we? I am about to take in a roll of film to be developed. Everyone laughs when I pull out my camera. They say "Is that a camera that uses film?" Yes, it is! I have one of the other kind, but have not attempted to use it. It belonged to my father-in-law and is now mine. I like to hold a photo in my hand. If I caught images of wildlife that are good, I like to send them to friends with a handwritten note. I have a friend here who turns out great photos and makes note cards out of them. I just received a new batch. Now I will use them to tell friends I am thinking of them. I am told by friends that they love to receive these notes. My mother and grandmother both sent notes and letters to many people. I carry on the tradition and think of them. @joybringer1 aka as a Luddite.
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Oh, @joybringer1, From Luddite 2 to Luddite 1, vbg, Like you, I like to take photos with my reliable "point and shoot camera" and also like you, (and much like preferring to hold "real books" rather reading online), I appreciate having the tactile pleasure of holding photos and sharing them with others. Although my new "smart phone" certainly has photo capability, we are still on very uncertain terms in my ability or desire to capitalize on its features. I may never succeed in learning to "upload" photos to share.
Another shared trait is still resorting to written notes of appreciation and news. Only takes a minute and a couple of sentences to let another we are thinking of them. Just mailed notes to both my computer "magic man" for installing a new webcam and then following up with a phone call to see how the dreaded Zoom visit with doc went and then a note of appreciation to the doc for offering, unasked, to put me on the virus vacc list. Now, I can both be seen and heard on Zoom and have started building my own antibodies thanks to the 1st Moderna vacc.
I appreciate that my daughter has taught the grands to dash off a thank you note for gifts as well. One yr, I couldn't tell, until reaching the signatures, which of the grands had printed their notes...one 8 yrs; another 13 yrs and the oldest a college graduate...lol My handwriting isn't stellar either, but it was truly funny to realize they faced similar penmanship challenges! The thought that counts, though, right? Smiles to you and all!