tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551602.post114006892533172195..comments2024-01-02T21:37:39.878-06:00Comments on Life after "Life after Work": ... back when I wrote letters via snail-mail to pen-pals...*lynne*http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245915758105430033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551602.post-36329729858873865112007-07-23T15:26:00.000-05:002007-07-23T15:26:00.000-05:00Odd that just through some clicks of the keyboard ...Odd that just through some clicks of the keyboard and I'm brought back over 20 years ago to when I used to watch the Big Blue Marble. I sent in my information and requested a girl from Ireland or just the UK. They didn't have one my age so sent me a girl in SD. She and I wrote to each other faithfully for nearly 15 years or so. We both got married, I got divorced and then "came out of the closet" a few years later - that was the last I heard from her. <BR/><BR/>While writing she also gave me the contact of a young gentleman in India. He I not only wrote but one day - in my first apartment, I called India! It was the most exciting (and most expensive) call I had ever made. His plan was to go to college in the US - I have no idea if that ever happened. We just...fell away. <BR/><BR/>Now, in the age of emails and IMs - txt messages and blogs, I hardly ever receive a letter in the mail. Or pictures - real pictures that the person had to give away to you as a gift. <BR/><BR/>So to Sudhir and Brenda - thanks for all the lovely letters you sent, the postcards and pictures - I still have them all in my hope chest as lovely memories. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Big Blue Marble and Dear Pen Pal! And thanks for posting this blog which brought it all back. <BR/><BR/>Jen Graham (Philly, PA)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551602.post-1141548683316655952006-03-05T02:51:00.000-06:002006-03-05T02:51:00.000-06:00Wow! I haven't heard anyone mention The Big Blue M...Wow! I haven't heard anyone mention The Big Blue Marble before. I loved that show when I was a kid. Recently I tried my luck with Pen Pal-ing with mixed results.Joe Ken Gus Sighedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116044213561267680noreply@blogger.com