An enjoyable and meaningful essay, Kateri! It is so, so easy to be distracted these days . Love your humor mixed with real food for thought in this one!
Oops, I didn’t mean to hit send just yet. I want to add that, Kateri, I think you are onto something here. I think these essays are going to resonate with a lot of people. I do hope you narrate more. Your narration reminds me a bit of Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Thank you for today’s thoughts on short attention span. I think television is largely to blame. Have you noticed that each scene consists of a string of one to three second flashes not even one sentence long. I just subscribed to National Theater at Home and at the continuity My mother used the term “woolgathering” often. When she got older she would get in the car and before she put the key in the ignition and pause and say, okay, no woolgathering.
It's funny, we got a TV and started watching one show a night during lockdown. The habit has stuck with us and we are very very picky. Have seen some wonderful programs. But I never ever feel like watching it any other time. For me it doesn't have the addictive qualities of the doom scrolling. And we do not watch shows with commercials, so maybe it's different? Maybe it's also that we watch British TV, and really good quality writing. Who knows. For me it's the phone...I am trying really hard to put it down for hours at a time.
Oh gosh, every word resonated. And a lovely reminder (I forget, too!) to pull that notebook out of my pocket for the word, or sentence, either in my head or uttered by others.📔
Kateri, I love this piece so much.
All of it. Did you happen to see the @jane ratcliffe interview with @austin kleon? The commonplace notebook is a big and gorgeous common denominator.🌱
Thank you so much for reading, Kathryn ✨ And no I did not, but I need to find it. Thank you!
An enjoyable and meaningful essay, Kateri! It is so, so easy to be distracted these days . Love your humor mixed with real food for thought in this one!
I am so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
BritBox. Anything with Nicola Walker.
Yes! Did you see River?
Yes. I think I’ve seen almost everything she has been in. She is amazing in The Corn is Green streaming on (London) National Theater at Home.
I will look for that! We really enjoy her, too!
Oops, I didn’t mean to hit send just yet. I want to add that, Kateri, I think you are onto something here. I think these essays are going to resonate with a lot of people. I do hope you narrate more. Your narration reminds me a bit of Robin Wall Kimmerer.
What an immense compliment for me! Do you mean voice recordings of the essays? I will do that as often as I can. Thank you so much for reading, Bev!
Yes, voice recording of the essays. I’d really like that.
Thank you for today’s thoughts on short attention span. I think television is largely to blame. Have you noticed that each scene consists of a string of one to three second flashes not even one sentence long. I just subscribed to National Theater at Home and at the continuity My mother used the term “woolgathering” often. When she got older she would get in the car and before she put the key in the ignition and pause and say, okay, no woolgathering.
It's funny, we got a TV and started watching one show a night during lockdown. The habit has stuck with us and we are very very picky. Have seen some wonderful programs. But I never ever feel like watching it any other time. For me it doesn't have the addictive qualities of the doom scrolling. And we do not watch shows with commercials, so maybe it's different? Maybe it's also that we watch British TV, and really good quality writing. Who knows. For me it's the phone...I am trying really hard to put it down for hours at a time.
Oh gosh, every word resonated. And a lovely reminder (I forget, too!) to pull that notebook out of my pocket for the word, or sentence, either in my head or uttered by others.📔
Grateful for the contact Analog Sea.🕊️
Thanks so much, Judy. I think you and Chris will both enjoy Analog Sea! Let me know :)