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Thalia reads an article about a dude who spends his summers in a windowed watchtower, scanning the horizons for signs of fire. “When he’s nahhht scanning, he bihhhlds violins! Do you know hoooo —”
Calliope carefully separates glossed pages from the magazine.
Nia addresses an envelope.
Analog is the opposite of digital.
Any technology, such as vinyl records or clocks with hands and faces, that doesn’t break everything down into binary code to work is analog.
Analog, you might say, is strictly old school.
Source: vocabulary.com
A note from Love Letterist:
I saw a clip online.
It packed a punch that touched my awareness and experiment buttons.
A scientific study measured hormones levels in girls and their mothers in relation to their communication.
Texting raised stress hormones.
Telephone calls raised feel-good hormones.
I am aware that I rely heavily on digital communication.
It's fast and easy.
Last week I mailed a stack of books to Katie in Illinois.
I believe we both benefitted from the physical exchange.
Today I'll snail-mail the article about watchtower dude.
Sometimes the best thing to do with a scientific study...
is to try it for yourself?
You know that I constantly write out cards and letters to people. The actual act of mailing them makes my heart flutter. I keep my phone on vibrate only. I have FOCUS on my phone that is on daily from 9-5.
Yesterday I was waiting for a call from my son in Berlin for the first time since I don’t know when I turned my ringer on. It actually made me anxious and interrupted my thoughts all day. It’s back in the off position. He can call my Dads phone if he wants to talk to me. Xoxo