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T O P I C R E V I E WGypseeWindI was wondering, since we have become all about texting and e-mailing, does anyone out there actually write or receive handwritten, real-on-paper-you-can-keep-forever, love letters?? And if so, would you like to share excerpts from them? Changing the names to protect the innocent or guilty of course. I would, but I don't seem to attract the kind of person that does that sort of thing. sigh.hippichickahhh....yes and what a wonderful feeling it is...wait, gotta go get some of them..."when tis found ther'll be a sound and the whisper...i love you""feel me touch me heal me love me...""you make me so happy..." (written on several post-its and placed on my microwave)just to mention a few.blue moonThere was an article about this on our local news, on Valentine's Day. Only one person interviewed in the streets said he had written a love letter, as opposed to a text or email. Why did he think that was, he was asked? Maybe it's because I'm not English, I'm a foreignor, he said. WritesomethingI use to when I was younger, a lot...now a days? mostly emails or txt.If I can find an old letter in one of my boxes, I will post it later.(but dont count on it..lol).ValusI havent written a love letter on paper for a number of years, but I've been writing love letters in emails consistently, -- sometimes weekly, sometimes daily, -- for just as many years. The kind that get printed out and treasured for a lifetime. Most of my significant relationships began through correspondence, and, if I'm modest, I'll confess, I believe it has as much to do with my talent for creative writing as it does the character of the thoughts and feelings I communicate; many of which are not easily rendered in conversation.GypseeWindValus;I have a feeling that lucky is the person with whom you correspond. This is definetely a lost art.Hippichick;Jelous. I am! That's absolutely beautiful how lucky are you?? p.s. Can you loan out your S.O. for lessons to my S.O.?K. I found this book I was looking for. It's called, LOVE LETTERS An Anthology of Passion......here's a purdy one... Carry me of into the blue skies of tender loves, roll me in dark clouds, trample me with your thunderstorms, break me in your angry rages. But love me, my adored lover. To Jean Richepin from Sarah Bernhardt in 1883. or how bout this one:".....I am writing to you on Sunday evening, which is the time I like to write to you best, because I feel the quietest and descend the most into my REAL self, where my LOVE is strongest and deepest. So you know I always have a fancy at such times that our love makes us somehow alone together in the world. We seem to have a deep life together apart from all other people on earth, and which we cannot show, explain or impart to them. At least my affection seems to isolate me in the deepest moments from all others, and it makes me speak with my whole heart and soul to you and you only. And perhaps this isolation is one reason why deep love makes one feel-at least in some moments-so religious. " Walter Bagehot to Eliza Wilson, dated Jan.17,1858.That one made me cry. Something about it touches a nerve I guess. It's beautiful, the quiet devotion of it. NephthysI think a hand written love letter would be such a prized possession in this day and age. I think a hand written love letter would be like a priceless jewel to receive! LEXXYes! And receive them too! ------------------Everyone is a teacher...Everyone is a student...Learning is eternal.}><}}(*>MyVirgoMaskOoooh, I loooooove hand-written notes and letters Long after people were functioning through emails only, I was writing long, handwritten letters to my friends and no one ever responded I haven't written letters (regular ones or love letters) in a looooong time, and haven't received one in forever! I totally miss it!Definitely a lost art...well, not completely lost, but not nearly as popular as it should be GypseeWindDang it LEXX you too? Lucky. lucky. lucky.Maybe I'm just not inspirational enough. lol. However, after posting this, I received a two page letter from my Dad. He writes every month. I also write to my cousin, and one of my girlfriends. Actually, her and I have a circle journal going since 2002. It's wonderful. LEXXI feel about /notes/cards/letters, love or otherwise; the same as I feel about books.An e-book will never replace the wonderful tangibility of a real bound book.Letters, the feel, the sight, and the smell if a scented and or wax sealed love letters....can not be replaced by computer/e-mail delivered ones.And photos, yes, digital is wonderful, but real pictures printed out on photo paper just feels more real to me.------------------Everyone is a teacher...Everyone is a student...Learning is eternal.}><}}(*>GypseeWindYep, I hafta agree with you on all that you said. I bought a letter sealing wax kit at a garage sale once, it was pretty old. Anyway, when the wax ran out I quickly discovered you cant use regular candle wax, so I hoofed it to the nearest Hallmark store, thinking "hey, these people specialize in stationary, cards, etc.." and they had NO CLUE what sealing wax was, or where to get it. That's what I mean about a lost art. If I gotta hunt for it online, well, it's just not the same. (pouting)wheels of cheeseYes, I got one yesterday, it was great, and was the best thing I've ever received. I will treasure it always. GypseeWindYeah Wheels!!Isn't it amazing how a peice of paper with heartfelt words has such a positive effect on you?P.S. did you, or are you going to write one in return?wheels of cheeseYeah, totally, I wept buckets so good job it was written in pencil! I wrote one to him aaaages ago and he was so freaked out by it he burned it because he couldn't deal with it! This upset me a lot at the time, and I was thinking there was no way he'd ever send one back, but he did and that makes it all the more precious. Yes, I'm going to write one back and I know this one will be kept. Unless he gets cold. GypseeWind That's a sweet story, wheels. I wish you the very best. You should frame your letter or preserve it, somehow, so as the pencil doesn't fade off the page over the years that you will have it.Ellynlvx quote:Yep, I hafta agree with you on all that you said. I bought a letter sealing wax kit at a garage sale once, it was pretty old. Anyway, when the wax ran out I quickly discovered you cant use regular candle wax, so I hoofed it to the nearest Hallmark store, thinking "hey, these people specialize in stationary, cards, etc.." and they had NO CLUE what sealing wax was, or where to get it. That's what I mean about a lost art. If I gotta hunt for it online, well, it's just not the same. (pouting) Letters Mingle Souls. ------------------Love, EllynPearltyI use to write many love letters, had a knack for it. Presently I don't write those much anymore- I don't have the creative desire with anyone in that way to pen like I use to. An exquisite invention this,Worthy of Love’s most honeyed kiss,—This art of writing billet-doux—In buds, and odors, and bright hues!In saying all one feels and thinksIn clever daffodils and pinks;In puns of tulips; and in phrases,Charming for their truth, of daisies.~Leigh Hunt—Love-Letters Made of Flowers. GypseeWindWhy thank you Ellyn, those are perfect!I'm a terrible googler and can never find what I'm searching for and usually give up. Must be that Aries Asc. EllynlvxI buy a lot of things from those guys. (When I can afford it, hehe.)juniperbhmmm, If a note saying:honey, Phoenix needs to go out pee before you leave. Lunch is in fridge . I will be on Lake Mi today so I will be home around 6. as always, xoxo, love, meps. call Bill. If that counts, then yes, this morning. ------------------Christian, Jew, Muslim, Shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the Mystery, unique and not to be judged. RumiPixieJaneI wrote a note in a Valentine gift that is perhaps my partner's most prized possession (at least as far as sentimentality goes). Don't know if that counts. Oh, I see you'd like to know more about it...I gave this book to my history teacher partner who loves history (more the trivia than the great battles), and she had once did a college thesis on Xenophon that she's very proud of. When she found out (early in our relationship) that I'd never read him she loaned me her copy of Hiero the Tyrant to read so she could then talk about her college thesis. And after reading it in I think 2 hours I also had quite a bit to say about Machiavelli, not only in comparison & contrast to what Xenophon had to say but in no longer accepting that he was making a satire as a few claim or intentionally giving bad advice as a few others say. Natch, we also talked about her thesis which I found really interesting (about who the real world characters were that inspired the characters), and she said she knew she chose right with me because of that. So see, it IS sentimental that I gave her this book, showing I paid attention to her, know her, and care, but in case it was too subtle I signed it for her saying, "I love you more than you love history."If I do express such in writing then it will be well thought out and/or artistic and that's how I like to receive them. Otherwise, I prefer (both ways) more direct displays of affection (and not just romantic). EllynlvxBet that person Loves You more than they can say.LexxigramerI still write them! ------------------NumeroLexigrams~I remember, therefore I am immortal~LexxigramerClick here to read My Lexigramming Biography/over 1/2 a century to date Lexigramming
wait, gotta go get some of them...
"when tis found ther'll be a sound and the whisper...i love you"
"feel me touch me heal me love me..."
"you make me so happy..." (written on several post-its and placed on my microwave)
just to mention a few.
Only one person interviewed in the streets said he had written a love letter, as opposed to a text or email. Why did he think that was, he was asked?
Maybe it's because I'm not English, I'm a foreignor, he said.
If I can find an old letter in one of my boxes, I will post it later.(but dont count on it..lol).
I have a feeling that lucky is the person with whom you correspond. This is definetely a lost art.
Hippichick;
Jelous. I am! That's absolutely beautiful how lucky are you?? p.s. Can you loan out your S.O. for lessons to my S.O.?
K. I found this book I was looking for. It's called, LOVE LETTERS An Anthology of Passion......here's a purdy one...
Carry me of into the blue skies of tender loves, roll me in dark clouds, trample me with your thunderstorms, break me in your angry rages. But love me, my adored lover. To Jean Richepin from Sarah Bernhardt in 1883.
or how bout this one:
".....I am writing to you on Sunday evening, which is the time I like to write to you best, because I feel the quietest and descend the most into my REAL self, where my LOVE is strongest and deepest. So you know I always have a fancy at such times that our love makes us somehow alone together in the world. We seem to have a deep life together apart from all other people on earth, and which we cannot show, explain or impart to them. At least my affection seems to isolate me in the deepest moments from all others, and it makes me speak with my whole heart and soul to you and you only. And perhaps this isolation is one reason why deep love makes one feel-at least in some moments-so religious. " Walter Bagehot to Eliza Wilson, dated Jan.17,1858.
That one made me cry. Something about it touches a nerve I guess. It's beautiful, the quiet devotion of it.
I think a hand written love letter would be like a priceless jewel to receive!
------------------Everyone is a teacher...Everyone is a student...Learning is eternal.}><}}(*>
I haven't written letters (regular ones or love letters) in a looooong time, and haven't received one in forever! I totally miss it!
Definitely a lost art...well, not completely lost, but not nearly as popular as it should be
Isn't it amazing how a peice of paper with heartfelt words has such a positive effect on you?
P.S. did you, or are you going to write one in return?
I wrote one to him aaaages ago and he was so freaked out by it he burned it because he couldn't deal with it! This upset me a lot at the time, and I was thinking there was no way he'd ever send one back, but he did and that makes it all the more precious. Yes, I'm going to write one back and I know this one will be kept. Unless he gets cold.
quote:Yep, I hafta agree with you on all that you said. I bought a letter sealing wax kit at a garage sale once, it was pretty old. Anyway, when the wax ran out I quickly discovered you cant use regular candle wax, so I hoofed it to the nearest Hallmark store, thinking "hey, these people specialize in stationary, cards, etc.." and they had NO CLUE what sealing wax was, or where to get it. That's what I mean about a lost art. If I gotta hunt for it online, well, it's just not the same. (pouting)
Letters Mingle Souls.
------------------Love,
Ellyn
An exquisite invention this,Worthy of Love’s most honeyed kiss,—This art of writing billet-doux—In buds, and odors, and bright hues!In saying all one feels and thinksIn clever daffodils and pinks;In puns of tulips; and in phrases,Charming for their truth, of daisies.~Leigh Hunt—Love-Letters Made of Flowers.
I'm a terrible googler and can never find what I'm searching for and usually give up. Must be that Aries Asc.
(When I can afford it, hehe.)
If that counts, then yes, this morning.
------------------Christian, Jew, Muslim, Shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the Mystery, unique and not to be judged. Rumi
I gave this book to my history teacher partner who loves history (more the trivia than the great battles), and she had once did a college thesis on Xenophon that she's very proud of. When she found out (early in our relationship) that I'd never read him she loaned me her copy of Hiero the Tyrant to read so she could then talk about her college thesis. And after reading it in I think 2 hours I also had quite a bit to say about Machiavelli, not only in comparison & contrast to what Xenophon had to say but in no longer accepting that he was making a satire as a few claim or intentionally giving bad advice as a few others say. Natch, we also talked about her thesis which I found really interesting (about who the real world characters were that inspired the characters), and she said she knew she chose right with me because of that. So see, it IS sentimental that I gave her this book, showing I paid attention to her, know her, and care, but in case it was too subtle I signed it for her saying, "I love you more than you love history."
If I do express such in writing then it will be well thought out and/or artistic and that's how I like to receive them. Otherwise, I prefer (both ways) more direct displays of affection (and not just romantic).
------------------NumeroLexigrams~I remember, therefore I am immortal~LexxigramerClick here to read My Lexigramming Biography/over 1/2 a century to date Lexigramming
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