Mar 11, 2023·edited Mar 11, 2023Liked by prue batten
I really loved this, Prue! When I was quite little I was given a lockable diary - of course it was far too special to touch, let alone write in! How silly of me. I wonder what happened to it?
Your embroidered heart is beautiful - what a lovely project to be involved with.
Great post! I'm lucky to have kept my own five-year diary, which I received around the age of nine. In the beginning I wrote faithfully, but the entries tapered off as time went by. However, it is interesting (and hilarious) to rediscover who I was at the stage of the game. I only wish I had the notes from friends that we passed in class.
Thanks Prue so much for the shout out. We are so fortunate to live where we do. I’m quite envious of people who manage to keep a regular diary. I think I always like the idea of it, and perhaps more in love with the physical diary than the actual writing in it!
Like you, I had a locking diary during childhood that is long gone. Knowing me, its entries would have been inconsistent, so I suspect at some point I deemed it not worth saving. I've never been a daily journal writer, except when given the challenge to do so, as with The Artist's Way. When I was working as a market farmer, I was more dedicated for a while, so I have 3-4 years of those "volumes," but at some point, I gave that up as well. Pity. Thanks for calling all of these memories to mind, Prue!
I found some diaries from my teenage years a few years ago. I have to be honest and say, I decided to get rid of them. There was something strange about meeting that confused, sometimes sad, trying-too-hard teenage me on the page. Time moves on. I wonder how I'll feel about my current diaries in another twenty years!!! (I envy that pale pink lockable diary, by the way!)
I really loved this, Prue! When I was quite little I was given a lockable diary - of course it was far too special to touch, let alone write in! How silly of me. I wonder what happened to it?
Your embroidered heart is beautiful - what a lovely project to be involved with.
PERFECT song choice! 😊
Great post! I'm lucky to have kept my own five-year diary, which I received around the age of nine. In the beginning I wrote faithfully, but the entries tapered off as time went by. However, it is interesting (and hilarious) to rediscover who I was at the stage of the game. I only wish I had the notes from friends that we passed in class.
Thanks Prue so much for the shout out. We are so fortunate to live where we do. I’m quite envious of people who manage to keep a regular diary. I think I always like the idea of it, and perhaps more in love with the physical diary than the actual writing in it!
Like you, I had a locking diary during childhood that is long gone. Knowing me, its entries would have been inconsistent, so I suspect at some point I deemed it not worth saving. I've never been a daily journal writer, except when given the challenge to do so, as with The Artist's Way. When I was working as a market farmer, I was more dedicated for a while, so I have 3-4 years of those "volumes," but at some point, I gave that up as well. Pity. Thanks for calling all of these memories to mind, Prue!
I found some diaries from my teenage years a few years ago. I have to be honest and say, I decided to get rid of them. There was something strange about meeting that confused, sometimes sad, trying-too-hard teenage me on the page. Time moves on. I wonder how I'll feel about my current diaries in another twenty years!!! (I envy that pale pink lockable diary, by the way!)