I ran across a blog called “Please Don’t Eat Sushi! Love, Mom”
Once I got there I couldn’t stop reading. It’s a collection of letters curated from this fella. All the letters are from his mom and they are strange… short, intense, surreal, possibly crazy. I can’t decide if I’m looking at “real” crazy or just someone who is strangely quirky with a sense of humor. Right now I’m leaning toward plain old garden-variety crazy. No offense to the son, of course. Anyway, definitely worth a read.
I had my own bit of letter writing crazy with my dad’s mom. I have them all somewhere and hope to unearth them one of these days and share them. All she did all day long is write letters. Hers were long, page after page, and filled with newspaper clippings with scribbles in the margins. Sometimes other people’s letters were included and those were scribbled on, too. She always had a running commentary on life and now that I think about it would have made on awesome blogger had she been born later.
She’s gone now and I miss her brand of crazy. Who in your family writes you letters? Do you have any good stories you can share with me?
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No one in my family, writes me letters. -le sigh- That’s why I must “go abroad,” to find correspondents.
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Aunt Amelia’s last blog post..Of Poppies, and Proms… ,-)
My mother was a letter writer when I was a child, but I don’t think she has continued. I remember she used to write long letters to a woman in UK. I suspect that is what got me into letter writing as a teen. Those oh-so-thin aerograms that would arrive in the mailbox…and captivate my mom. Neither of my daughters, both grown, are letter writers. I’m working on my granddaughter….
PostMuse’s last blog post..Berry Me
I just read some of that blog… had to stop because it was so painful. I am sure that will end up as a book.
PostMuse’s last blog post..Berry Me
Oh man! I dont get crazy letters from ANYONE. How fun is this site? I love it.