tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456168418670274120.post6804055095709241046..comments2020-11-20T13:34:37.657-06:00Comments on Mayfaire's (not-so-daily) Maily: Wintry Playdelaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10606786002615861044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456168418670274120.post-72063949144686151642013-02-03T17:53:39.198-06:002013-02-03T17:53:39.198-06:00I had to get a cell phone, too, back in the day wh...I had to get a cell phone, too, back in the day when my vehicle was so old and unreliable that to leave home without a means of calling a road service was out of the question. It was a pay-as-you-go thingie (and a burden!) and I rarely even remembered to turn the thing on.... Then I began taking more credit cards at art shows and needed an easier way to do so, so I agreed to a smartphone. Granted, the thing's been golden in an emergency (provided it was charged and on me at the time!), and I appreciate the ability to take a quick pic or record a note. But in my head I see it as just another tether. I don't like being so get-to-able 24/7..... <br /><br />delaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606786002615861044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456168418670274120.post-7367060164040436662013-02-02T22:58:47.491-06:002013-02-02T22:58:47.491-06:00Laurel's so right! She's also not alone w...Laurel's so right! She's also not alone when it comes to the cell phone--I HAD to get one when job-hunting to ensure I didn't miss interview calls. I have since let the contract lapse (TracFone) rather than pay for something I almost never used. I enjoy communicating via email and FB simply because so many of my friends live too far away and long distance gets costly. Not to mention that after spending most of the day answering calls at work, I don't feel like sitting with a phone to my ear all evening as well--for some reason, sitting at a keyboard doesn't affect me that way, probably because I'm mesmerized at watching words appear on the screen... (Yes, Delayne, I SHOULD be writing in a different formant!) <br /><br />Happily for me, since moving back to my hometown I've reconnected with a group of high school friends, all strong, smart women who have survived incredible losses and tribulations. We only get together once a month but there is REAL communication during those gatherings, and we all are secure in knowing that everyone in the group is there to share and nurture and help whomever is going through some sort of difficulty. I've had dear, treasured friends everywhere I've lived but had never experienced a group like this before. It saddens me terribly that there are generations of people these days who may never experience it for themselves...denic<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456168418670274120.post-13775429664650619292013-02-02T12:16:19.490-06:002013-02-02T12:16:19.490-06:00The direction we're headed as a society is not...The direction we're headed as a society is not very pretty, is it? I don't have a cell phone (I'm probably one of the few people under the age of 55 who doesn't!), but I'm no different with a computer at my fingertips. It's so engrossing that the world completely goes away, even to the point that I don't greet my husband when he comes home from a long day at work. <br /><br />For all the leaps and bounds we've made with technology, we are sadly going the opposite direction in our interpersonal relationships.<br /><br />You are a wise woman, Delayne. Keep telling it like it is!Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586134144618577041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456168418670274120.post-56061660330382053842013-01-30T10:08:38.998-06:002013-01-30T10:08:38.998-06:00(It always surprises me to see comments here; they...(It always surprises me to see comments here; they're so few and far between!) The biggest of thankyous for your kind words, as always. And I couldn't agree more with your thoughts about communication, Denise! <br /><br />It never fails to amuse and sadden me to be out in public and see groups of young people, obviously together yet all individually on their smartphones.... I look around at the coffee shop and see couples seated at the same table, each on his/her phone. I see moms turning their kids loose at the play park and then surfing their phones instead of watching the kids play (or joining them).... James and I even sat at an intersection recently and saw a young woman drive straight through a red light -- with toddlers in their car seats in the back! -- while she read her phone. It still gives me nightmares....<br /><br />And in those instances where I see people actually talking, they are rarely engaged in the conversation (there are always those distracting phones present, sadly), and they almost never make eye contact. Breaks my heart!<br /><br />So much information, and so little communication!.... <br /><br />Years ago I saw the movie 'The Blair Witch Project' and I was disappointed. James was too. We tried to figure out what it was about it that completely freaked out anyone under our age group, and James joked, "The young people in the movie were out in the woods for days with no cell phones. The thought alone would put that age group in a coma!" And although I laughed, I pondered that a good long time....delaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606786002615861044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456168418670274120.post-79281254138050600592013-01-29T14:17:52.034-06:002013-01-29T14:17:52.034-06:00Yes-Yes-YES!! My friend, your words are magick, y...Yes-Yes-YES!! My friend, your words are magick, your insights deep, and your reflections so VERY valuable! In this ultra-busy world of people pursuing THINGS, relationships and meaningful communication seem to be spinning into extinction. People talk AT one another instead of WITH... And without play, humans become pinched and nasty and just plain unhappy. Keep the faith at Tumbledown! denicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com