The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
—William Blake
Amen to that! Except for my family, most of my friends nowadays are on the internet. (Most of my previous long-term ones have died — the disadvantage of living to a ripe old age.) Anyway, I want you to know you are appreciated!
Take care!
April 23, 2020
I love the internet for bringing friends into my life too!
we all have a mutual admiration society! LOL!
to think we can have friends all over this world! it’s just amazing and wonderful! XO
Yes! ♥ ♥ ♥
The computer is where I keep all my friends too.
They are so handy there! 😀
This is so true, and even more so at this present time. We are very grateful for things like blogs, email, texting, Zoom, and Facetime. Mom doesn’t do Facebook, but the others are great ways to stay in touch with family and friends.
Woos, Lightning and Timber
We blog, email, and telephone. And are grateful.
I’d be lost without the internet.
So would I — it’s crucial for my mental health. Mine went out the other night — it was close to bedtime so I phoned them to be sure they knew about it and went to bed. It was back by morning. I thought about what I would do if it was out for days and decided I would continue writing a post a day and publish them when I got back online.
I, too, have found a lot of friendships on the internet! They keep me sane part of the time.
Yes, they are crucial for our mental health!
agree wholeheartedly …
I did my first connect with a group via Zoom yesterday morning, I slightly got caught out as I didn’t truly think it would work. So I was sitting there, with nothing to do (a craft group) and my hair all over the place…no made a comment on that! Some of the people hadn’t seen me in a while and they were insisting that my name wasn’t ever Catherine…but I said changed it probably 18mths ago…and my zoom name said Catherine. So Kurt the host, showed everyone that I once owned a warping board with it clearly marked Cathy…sorry folks that was from before!
Then I was knitting…but no one asked me “what I was doing…” I actually found it be “clicky” which is one of the reasons I stopped going real-time… (this isn’t really to do with Arcade group, which I do like going to…people are always welcoming and love to hear why you’ve been away or similar…)
I listened mainly particularly when some other rather elderly woman arrived, and she had this dude with her, apparently her nephew. The nephew looked much older than she…anyway they had the screen at the wrong place, they kept interrupting and then they were in the background talking. Finally Kurt said “one at a time, and xyz why don’t you just listen until you get the hang of it…” they never did, said nephew kept telling her to do this//that…
so there would be this undercurrent…of voices.
At one point, someone’s door bell went and she said “oh the groceries are here…” a conversation changed slightly on food stuffs that we have no choice with. She was complaining about the quality…AND I THOUGHT these are extraordinary times, find another way…I tried to tell her about The Market (NZ) I’m using but in the end I gave up. I emailed the organisers after…but whether they pass on the company, I don’t know…
besides friends online – I have the groceries via online …. and from browsing their website for other products I may never have to go shopping again. And one of the art stores I use regularly has online portal as well…
The internet can be a life and sanity saver!
I can certainly identify with loss of friends as I’ve aged, even my family has diminished in size. Have enjoyed making the acquaintance of blogger buddies around the world, especially after my husband’s death. Interesting to learn of the thoughts, interests and activities each share plus how each adapts to the life changes we incur.
Yes, it’s about sharing our different lives and experiences. 🙂
i had five best friends, six of us, all from high school until now.. there are only 2 of us left, the others died in the past 2 years, 2 in the past year. I am with you, my E-friends are keeping me going while locked down. i have TOPS meeting friends and we are keeping in touch by text and email, and i miss my friends from the YMCA.. Yay for E friends.. also in our family my mother and dads side, everyone is gone… there are 4 cousins on one side and 3 on the other, life is life.. I am thankful for blog friends and you
We are thankful for you, too!
Indeed. I shudder to think how I would have coped if the pandemic had happened at a time when I was living on my own and the internet hadn’t been invented. It would have been pretty awful. Like you, most of my friends are now internet friends!
Yes, that would be horrible. It would be bad enough now without the internet.