DISQUS

pearl_mattenson · 1 year ago

Thak you for bringing this idea back to consciousness. I had been toying with it for a long time and done nothing about it. Afraid to commit that I will now, but you have just put it right back on top of the heap. You also have me wondering if I can get my kids and their cousins to stay in touch this way. Now that would be cool...

Danette · 1 year ago

I love this. What an awesome thing to anticipate in the mail! How beautiful.

Pema · 1 year ago

Maybe one other guideline: a time limit, within which to send your completed entry. My girlfriends and I shared a journal when we moved to different cities. We were very excited about it; I think it started as a Christmas gift. But then it got stuck in one girlfriend's hands, who found herself too busy to write, and too guilty to send it back into the circle without her entry. Would love to start this again, though.

...Might be interesting to do it with folks we have met online...could be a really beautiful way to have a tangible experience of each other in our virtual world....Wow, that could be fun! ...Any takers? (Click on my handle on this comment to see my blog, and see me at the C&D Contributors page, to see if you'd want to circle journal with me. We could keep track of where the journal is online. Post a little map perhaps.)

L'Tanya · 1 year ago

Pema, you're right. Setting a time limit is critical. I've read where some groups give each person a month to complete a page before they have to send it along.

I love your idea of using a circle journal to mesh the virtual and real worlds. I'm definitely interested in joining you.

pearl_mattenson · 1 year ago

Count me in for the cirlce journal too. Sounds like a wonderful idea.

Tammie · 1 year ago

I love this article and concept! I think I will purchase a journal and send it back and forth between me and my Dad and also do one for me and Mom. I am sure it will be something I will cherish forever! Thanks for the idea!

Paloma · 1 year ago

Lovely! To celebrate my grandmother's 75th birthday one of my aunts circulated a similar journal for family and friends to complete with memories of their experiences with my grandmother. We read the entries aloud at her birthday party. It was wonderful to learn so much more about my grandmother as seen through the lens of the various generations of family and friends she had touched throughout her lives. It was as much a gift for us as it was for her.

L'Tanya · 1 year ago

Paloma, that is such a beautiful way to use a circle journal. I hadn't thought of that.