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Somewhere in my house, I have a wooden box filled with letters I’ve collected over the years. I have misplaced it and have searched the house for it. I hope to find it because these letters were very special to me — and they were all written to someone else.
I’ve mentioned before that my grandparents were antique dealers. One of the things I always kept my eye out for at auctions and flea markets were period letters. They open a unique little window in time and place. I have a letter from a soldier to his wife during the Civil War, written after the battle of Vicksburg. Another letter is a warning from a brother to his sister to cancel her plans to visit him in Memphis due to an outbreak of Yellow Fever. That epidemic would go on to kill over 5,000 people.
Aside from the fascinating stories these letters of mine tell, they are equally mesmerizing for the painstaking beauty of the handwriting. The elegance and grace of phrasing showed a love for the written word. Over the 20th century this art form began to slip away from us.
My handwriting used to be quite good. I had a talent for it and was constantly complimented. Now, due to getting older and spending the vast brunt of my writing on a keyboard, my skills are all but gone. I look at my grocery lists and they look more like a rushed doctor’s prescription than a list. As bummed as I am about losing my grip, I’m really sad for our younger generation.
I don’t think handwriting will ever entirely fade from existence, but it will never be what it once was. The New York Times has a fascinating piece about handwriting and the benefits to the mind that I encourage you to read. If I’m wrong about handwriting being entirely phased out, I believe it would be a tragic loss to our heritage.
Question: How is your handwriting?
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Events Currently Scheduled
Last minute event to WELCOME ColoTim TO TOWN!
Please join us:
This Sunday, March 6th at 1:00 PM
Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant
1000 Great Hwy.
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 386-8439
Please send navajo a kosmail if you’d like to attend.
RSVPS:
1. ColoTim
2. navajo
3. dsb
4. Lorikeet
5. norm
6. Silky
7. side pocket
8. Glen The Plumber
9. remembrance
10. TLO
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Maybees:
dsb’s guest
ColoTim’s guest
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March 14th at 1PM at Ferguson Brewing Company, 418 S Florissant Rd, Ferguson, Missouri. We expect to have a few guests, good food, and we will have new data available from the state house. Netroots Nation 2016 planning is also on the menu (besides great food). More info in Chris Reeves’s diary.
Save The Date! peregrine kate will be in town on Sunday, May, 15th! Event will be a picnic in San Francisco at 1:00 PM. Stay tuned for exact location. Please send navajo a kosmail if you’d like to attend.
RSVPS:
1. peregrine kate
2. navajo
3. Meteor Blades
4. smileycreek
5. paradise50
6. side pocket
7. maggiejean
8. Glen The Plumber
9. remembrance
10. TLO
11. kimoconnor
12. Steven Payne
13. Brian Payne
14. norm
15. dsb
16. Lorikeet
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Maybees:
FogCityJohn
FogCityJohn’s SO
shanikka
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Registration and hotels still available
Cheers & Jeers Welcoming Dinner Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Time: TBD, early evening, 5-ish or 6-ish Location: TBD, near Convention Center
Roll call for the C&J Dinner in Connect! Unite! Act! This will be the headcount for the C&J Dinner. Spread the word.
RSVPS:
1. navajo
2. Meteor Blades
3. Bill in Portland Maine
4. Common Sense Mainer
5. jotter
6. aha aha (Mrs. jotter)
7. side pocket
8. Mrs. side pocket
9. paradise50
10. smileycreek
11. Chris Reeves
12. Ramara
13. loggersbrat
14. Justice Putnam
15. theRoaringGirl
16. winkk
17. jakedog42
18. vicki
19. markm667
20. brillig (bday gurl that day!)
21. mik
22. K1
23. K2
24. Eddie in ME
25. moody in savannah
26. lulu
27. texasmom
28. texasdad
29. Ed Tracey
30. Shermanesq
31. Doggie
32. 714day
33. gizmo59
34. gizmo59’s squeeze
35. belinda ridgewood
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Maybees:
norm winifred3
normAl1792
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There will also be a Daily Kos Caucus session during NN16. Stay tuned for date and time.
Event Reporting
While we are awaiting the official recap photo diary by JoanBrooker of our New York City meet-up on Sunday, February 28, 2016 with navajo and Denise Oliver-Velez, please enjoy this place-marker group photo. Several attendees were taking photos and we can promise some excellent food pr0n. Stay tuned for Joan’s report. We had a great day that lasted from noon until 8:30 PM!
Saturday, February 13, 2016, the readers of Daily Kos in North Carolina joined thousands in the 10th Annual Mass Moral March on Raleigh & HKonJ People’s Assembly GET-OUT-THE-VOTE GATHERING AND MOBILIZATION action. Our readers braved 27 degree weather! There were two diaries about it: The march the trolls couldn't stop: NC-NAACP's Moral March on Raleigh, 13 Feb 2016 by DocDawg and North Carolina Open Thread: Marching and Connecting by randallt.
Here’s one photo of many provided by both diarists:
The marvelous NYC Kossacks got together to welcome front pager, Laura Clawson, to NYC. And what a fantastic job they did. Look at all the people who showed up! Full report here.
nhox42 organized and reports details about a recent meet-up in Maine along with food pr0n! Cheers and Jeers/NE Kossacks Midwinter Meetup Success!
navajo maintains the above event list. Kosmail her if you have any diaries about your event or if you have changes or additions.
This is an open thread. Nothing is off topic.