tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post4908847891691522334..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: Learning to ReadJanet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-36999718267947222752015-10-30T11:25:23.670-05:002015-10-30T11:25:23.670-05:00Sometimes I have trouble deciphering my typing.
...Sometimes I have trouble deciphering my typing. <br /><br />I just have a real problem looking at a page with words crossed out, and other words written in and arrows indicating that things need to go elsewhere. If there is much of that, I can't stand looking at it long enough to fix it. I paralyzes my brain or something.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-83698907714102069822015-10-30T10:43:33.098-05:002015-10-30T10:43:33.098-05:00Yeah, I have the same physical problem, so I don&#...Yeah, I have the same physical problem, so I don't know if I could do it for very long. And I agree about the speed and the editing. I mean, it didn't make writing *possible* for me, but it's awfully nice. Another problem with handwriting is that I've done it so little for so long that when it comes time to type in what I wrote that I sometimes have trouble deciphering it.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-83989698196369880552015-10-30T09:30:13.775-05:002015-10-30T09:30:13.775-05:00About writing by hand, for one thing it's hard...About writing by hand, for one thing it's harder on the joints and that is increasingly a problem for me. But more than that, I think it is computers that have allowed me to write. I really think that the ability to be able to type almost as quickly as I think and to edit as I write are what made writing a possibility for me. <br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-31259561350517691162015-10-30T07:48:50.565-05:002015-10-30T07:48:50.565-05:00Yes, it's a problem with writing, too. The mai...Yes, it's a problem with writing, too. The main problem being that when I'm writing a blog post I frequently want to find a quote or a picture and once I'm out there in cyberspace anything can happen. Chances are when I get back to the blog, I will not have done what I originally left to do.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-15382749979051370142015-10-29T21:53:16.814-05:002015-10-29T21:53:16.814-05:00I've been wanting to reply to this for a coupl...I've been wanting to reply to this for a couple of days but have been too distracted. Not kidding.<br /><br />I don't read anything but journalism (fairly short pieces), blogs, and Facebook on my phone. It isn't so much that I get distracted from one thing to another when using it as that the very fact that I'm using it is generally a distraction from something else. I really don't care for reading on it. I have a "plain old Kindle" but I don't use it very much. Of course it doesn't offer any distractions.<br /><br />But where the distraction is a *major* problem for me is in writing. I write on the computer, and I have a hard enough time focusing anyway, but with the entire internet only a mouse click away, I have a terrible time staying with anything. Same syndrome as you describe, except that it's writing instead of reading that I'm being distracted from. The problem with switching to paper and pen is that I'm eventually going to have the drudgery of typing it into the computer anyway.Machttp://www.lightondarkwater.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-40585706977955362522015-10-28T07:02:46.400-05:002015-10-28T07:02:46.400-05:00Right. I think I would do okay reading on the phon...Right. I think I would do okay reading on the phone in a pinch or on what I call my plain old Kindle. It's the bells and whistles that distract me.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-39431325458497930192015-10-27T22:47:00.448-05:002015-10-27T22:47:00.448-05:00I swore up and down that I'd never trade in my...I swore up and down that I'd never trade in my books for an electronic reader, but in the past year or so I have begun to read a few books on my phone. One thing I realized: I do a lot of reading in the dark. Either I'm walking the baby during the night or lying in bed beside the crib, but I can't just turn on a light. The e-book reader, which has a dim night mode, comes in really handy. <br /><br />This year I read the whole of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", plus "Anna Karenina", and a bunch of Chesterton's books this way. By reading on my phone I have finally found a practical way to take advantage of Project Gutenberg; I would never sit at my computer and read on the screen, but I find reading on the phone not too bad, especially considering the alternative (ie. not reading at all).<br /><br />I don't find distractions too much of an issue. My reading time is scarce, and when I get to it I am pretty focused. Sleepy too.Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com