tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post7048285748571559152..comments2023-12-27T09:28:32.621-07:00Comments on Retired English Teacher: A True Throw Back ThursdaySally Wesselyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-8786428740476478472016-01-27T18:56:38.935-07:002016-01-27T18:56:38.935-07:00I have kept a dozen calendars with diary notes on ...I have kept a dozen calendars with diary notes on them. It is fun to look back. My collection is small but I did have to let go of all those cute drawings and notes my kids made over the years. Once in a while I think about that and I am sad but I can't keep everything. Its a fact and I have to accept that.Barbarahttp://www.babybloggingboomer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-51308637609369270552016-01-10T21:39:13.323-07:002016-01-10T21:39:13.323-07:00I like your empty shelves and the neat new boxes. ...I like your empty shelves and the neat new boxes. I think it is hard to decide what to keep and what to let go – but I’m going to have to do that too. I never had a journal – I have little calendar diaries where I write appointments, restaurants we go to, movies or trips. I try to keep the rest in my memory – usually I forget the sad memories. I hope you will have a great 2016 filled with happiness, fun and good health.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-86243179706813092722016-01-09T15:34:09.717-07:002016-01-09T15:34:09.717-07:00What a glorious find, Sally. I don't think I c...What a glorious find, Sally. I don't think I could have thrown those out either -- then or now. Many of my journals were destroyed when my basement flooded and I confess, I was relieved. Too much youthful angst. But there are things that aren't tossed and won't be. Maybe I'm more circumspect when I write now and more careful of what goes down! I've told Rick never to put any journals or photos in an estate sale -- if he can't find someone who would care about them, destroy them. Always makes me sad to see that. <br /><br />All that said, Marmelade Gypsy is, in its way, a wonderful journal that obviously I wouldn't care who found!<br /><br />Your shelving is great. I'm trying to get a better organization system, too. I can't have company till I do!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-7035688274932281742016-01-09T15:06:47.601-07:002016-01-09T15:06:47.601-07:00I usually don't look back at what I've wri...I usually don't look back at what I've written, but I suspect I won't toss my journals and notebooks without at least reading them. And they'll be one of the last things I attack, partly because they don't take up much room. Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-56367512003503817952016-01-09T07:16:01.363-07:002016-01-09T07:16:01.363-07:00I find it's very valuable to go through old jo...I find it's very valuable to go through old journals but I keep thinking I'll abridge them or make a summary to leave for my family of what I've learned through the years as I have kept journals since my divorce in 1975 and that's a lot of writing...good luck getting organized-come up for air now and then so you don't try to eat the elephant at one time. lol! Great Grandma Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791149428495689835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-6410626249487014592016-01-08T21:53:12.420-07:002016-01-08T21:53:12.420-07:00I have never journaled, except when traveling. I d...I have never journaled, except when traveling. I do have those trip journals. I have a career scrap book, with school photos and notes from people, and I have a file of things I have written, like letters to the editor, that sort of thing. <br />I know I have "those boxes" in the attic. I have sorted through things a time or two. Each time I sort, I cull out a bit more.<br />I really like your new storage. Great idea!Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-40703840638840531492016-01-08T20:09:50.881-07:002016-01-08T20:09:50.881-07:00My sporadic journaling results are scattered among...My sporadic journaling results are scattered among the detritus of decades, clutter that I need to sort through. It is urgent now that the downsized house we are building is within weeks of completion. LChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369350929348290480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-3141648626437904912016-01-08T20:04:32.452-07:002016-01-08T20:04:32.452-07:00Olga and I are damaged in the same way. I don'...Olga and I are damaged in the same way. I don't know if you remember, but a couple years ago, I went through all my years of journals and shredded them. When the shredder got overheated, I started scissoring them! I probably looked demented. However, notes/cards/handmade gifts from our children/grandchildren are a different story. I save and cherish them. (I smiled at Julie writing her "hole" name.) Those journals that I shredded were not for other's to read. They helped me through some rough patches, but they were nothing I want to share 30-40-50 years later (especially with a grandchild)!<br /><br />I've been on a use it or lose it mission the last few years. I got rid of so many books - just cartons of them that I donated to the library. Now, I only have 2 small bookcases, and they're filled with books I absolutely can't part with even if I never reread them again. Clothing, too - if I don't wear it in a season, out it goes. Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-19630689003994409042016-01-08T15:38:33.110-07:002016-01-08T15:38:33.110-07:00I have dozens of journals from the 1980s and early...I have dozens of journals from the 1980s and early 1990s. When I go through them now (not often), I remember places and events that otherwise would be gone. I would not get rid of those journals, Sally, even if keeping them is poignant. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-10198593544490586232016-01-08T13:39:59.137-07:002016-01-08T13:39:59.137-07:00Those notes were delightful and I am sure put you ...Those notes were delightful and I am sure put you right back in that moment. Future moms will not have that pleasure with deleted text messages. It is so their loss.<br /> Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-9838347386967935862016-01-08T08:32:02.733-07:002016-01-08T08:32:02.733-07:00All of my high school stuff--gone. Now I'm acc...All of my high school stuff--gone. Now I'm accumulating elementary school stuff. Sigh. It doesn't end.<br /><br />As for journals, I have 20 years of them stored in the storage unit. I'm not going to destroy them, I'll let my daughter and grandchildren do that. Maybe, just maybe, one of them will want to read all those years of my writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-45925818069922921172016-01-08T08:09:00.656-07:002016-01-08T08:09:00.656-07:00Sally....I wouldn't throw a thing out that I h...Sally....I wouldn't throw a thing out that I had written. Not a thing.<br />I love the fact that you have these journals... They are treasures beyond measure.<br />Yes. I keep one journal: a prayer journal.<br />Love to you,<br />JackieJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214796594702277709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-52369919642903975182016-01-08T07:55:32.820-07:002016-01-08T07:55:32.820-07:00I saw your Vocational Radar on Facebook and notice...I saw your Vocational Radar on Facebook and noticed that we are almost complete opposites. Having unpacked boxes would sap my energy and make me very scattered and depressed. One of my recurring dreams is about having to deal with boxes of stuff, a nightmare. My two closest friends (more like you) think I am damaged because I throw things out. But they love me anyway so I make a concerted effort not to sort and organize when I go to their houses. Gee, now I sound damaged even to myself!Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-8113782369631549552016-01-08T06:48:43.959-07:002016-01-08T06:48:43.959-07:00Oh, you're making me think of all the boxes he...Oh, you're making me think of all the boxes here that i should go through!The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-85464347979886332382016-01-08T05:21:27.425-07:002016-01-08T05:21:27.425-07:00P.S. I meant to mention how much I've enjoyed ...P.S. I meant to mention how much I've enjoyed the Humans of New York books. Noticed yours on your coffee table.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782394068144501251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-47929462688089181742016-01-08T04:21:18.197-07:002016-01-08T04:21:18.197-07:00I love your old journals! What treasured memories ...I love your old journals! What treasured memories of times gone by. It took me several years before I could toss out my lesson plan books and attendance books after I retired from 36 years in the classroom. I'd forgotten you, too, participated in one of the National Writing Projects. That experience changed my teaching, for the better, in many, many ways. Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782394068144501251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-58066028876553798542016-01-07T23:30:19.130-07:002016-01-07T23:30:19.130-07:00Loved all the notes in the notebook. Marvellous me...Loved all the notes in the notebook. Marvellous memories for you. Love your new storage system.Margaret Birding For Pleasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400663056547331997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041834369094012241.post-86509625562770770742016-01-07T22:30:23.130-07:002016-01-07T22:30:23.130-07:00I love your new organization. This will be so perf...I love your new organization. This will be so perfect and you'll have everything at your fingertips. I love to get things organized in our house too. You have so many memories stored in those journals. I do have quite a few of them also. I also have letters from my first grade students every year and can't throw them away. They are very precious to me also. I love that photo of you with your former helper. i wish you could have had that job much longer.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.com