the smedley log - suburban scrawl

Corresponding thoughts

I finally received my first bit of physical correspondence related to The Modern Letter project. I assume it arrived Saturday, though I didn’t notice it until just yesterday.

I was starting to suspect I was the only one taking part in this little project (a sort of blind pen-pal service). I’ve yet to receive the initial letter someone out there is supposed to be sending my way, but thankfully my June recipient was kind enough to make me feel like part of the club. My respondent also has a blog website. It’s even got a definite article in the url, just like mine.

(The photo above was taken of the newly-arrived letter, and it just happens to reflect a mental state I wish I could master right now.)

How funny that Sally was your MLP correspondent this month. I read her blog pretty frequently.

Here is an article you may enjoy on the subject:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/whither-the-historians-of-science-in-the-age-of-e-mail/

So weird—I read this entry without realizing that that was my handwriting!

I call that the cell phone camera blur.