Having given up my place in the rat race of New York City, I am a stay at home mom struggling to find ways to defeat my boredom between diaper changes, stroller walks and finding play groups for my child. Since I have some time on my hands I am trying to get back to my roots. Long ago, I had dreams of being a writer, but lack of income and student loans thwarted that dream. Over the years I have been losing my words and find myself frequently struggling to express myself the way I once could. I have also wanted to blog for some time, but have never had an idea for what I would write.
I think literacy and reading are extremely important and are slowly being eroded by media and technology. I love media and technology, but sometimes when I listen to young people speak in “text language” and hear about declining literacy in this country, I feel guilty that I am not at least doing something about it personally. I love books…physical, yellow paged, musty smelling books. I just don’t think my Kindle can take their place. I want my language back! So I am using the OED as my starting place for personal literacy and creativity.
I can tell by your nice vocabulary that you must have been a writer! (Or had dreams) Very nice, interesting about me 🙂
Also, I love the smell of old books too, it reminds me of when I was a young girl when I had to stay at my Grandma’s house, she has TONS of old neat books!
Good luck and keep occupied! 🙂
-Kaitlyn Fletcher
Thanks so much for your kind words! I am glad you enjoyed my writing.
You are very welcome! It’s very nice 🙂 keep it up! I’d love to read more!
Hey! I hope you’ve been keeping occupied and writing as much as you’d like to!
I’ve nominated you as one of my inspirational bloggers, here it is if you’d like 🙂
http://kaitlynfletcher.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/ive-been-nominated-for-being-an-inspiring-blogger/
I love the premise for this blog, and I love how you write!
Thank you!
What? Your about page itself shows that you are a writer. I am thrilled to find so many people in the blogging world who feel this way. ebooks can never replace the charm of paperbacks, at least for me.
really enjoyed reading your posts… look forward to more… f ox
“I think literacy and reading are extremely important and are slowly being eroded by media and technology.” “I want my language back!”
A very interesting take and astute insight. And I couldn’t agree more. A well-crafted prose will get to the heart of a matter every time, where as a hurriedly abbreviated “LOL” is at once as dull as it is insincere. Nobody laughs out loud that much.
I like what you do here, and encourage you to keep it up!
Your blog is great. I am so excited to try some recipes. Thanks for reading 🙂
I also love creativity in art (I’m a freelance cartoonist) and music, and hate the wrecking (some call it evolution) of our language.
I wrote a small piece on my blog last October about one aspect of language being ruined.
http://cartoonmick.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/the-g-spot-needs-attention/
Cheers
Mick
Your blog is great – love your writing and the format of your posts! (I’m a word nerd myself)…I’m looking forward to reading more here! 🙂
What a great idea, and a very inspired and important motivation. May your love for and joy in writing grow and grow, and help others to grow too.
Thanks so much for the kind words and for reading my blog:)
I’ve been looking for a blog like this. Thanks. (I also love the OED.)
thanks so much! love your blog and look forward to reading it!
I had to look up what OED was in teh OED!….. keep on writing