11 Days Off

I've never been one for creative writing, and, to be honest, I don't know what to write.

What I don't understand, however, is why people are in such a fuss about the Royal Wedding. In all honesty, in ten/twenty years nobody will remember it.

Don't get me wrong, the Royal Family is great, the money we gain from them and their heritage is invaluable, and the wedding was a good source of income. However, I have friends who went to London for 4 am to try and get a twenty second view from afar of some person who they'll never know. Essentially, its celebrity culture gone insane.

OK, mini rant over...

Connor

A May Day Mayday

This is the month that that ThisWasYesterday gets up and running! So much is happening at the moment that WILL be remembered in the future (Royal Wedding, Libya, Syria, Endeavour) which means there's even more happening that won't be recorded!

So this is a post to ask for help - call it a mayday on May Day - for anyone who would be interested in sharing their stories of everyday life with the future generation. Let's give the history that's writing itself an everyday context.

An easy start? What's your Royal Wedding story? Or not as the case may be!

This is open mic ... and an invite to step up ...

J x x

Idioms/Idiot

It's always difficult getting started with something that began before you got there. Picking up the ball, hitting the ground running [whatever you want to call it] is difficult if you want to carry on what has already been started while also applying your own signature without "changing" its nature. 

And so it is with this blog:  this story. It started 28 years ago when I was born and has continued continuously [how else could you continue?] with the passing of time. The tellers have continually changed from parents and family members initially to, more recently, friends and colleagues - yet the story has continued nonetheless. Photographs, letters, postcards and the occasional chin wag/gossip being their preferred tools.

Continuing in the same vein* [damn there's another one] this blog will continue the story through the voices of my friends,  family and, of course, myself albeit in digital form. Here, we will tell the stories that we want to be remembered. The things that have made us laugh. The things that have caught our attention as we drift through life.

So grab a cuppa and enjoy the read :)

Joan




* after a quick idiom/idiot check at http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/vain_vein_vane.htm