Writing and stuff

I read recently how many young people are losing out on important communication skills even though they do a lot of texting. Part of the problem -- their word not mine -- is that people are losing the ability to communicate in regular sentences. For some reason this came to me on the weekend as I was looking over some old papers, which included letters written to me by my Dad and my Grandmother. Grandma wrote really interesting letters. Dad, not so much. His sentences were short and very much to the point. Grandma would go on in detail about how life was for her living in the country and things like that. I remembered that as a young teenager, I had a pen pal. I also remembered how nice it was to get a letter every few weeks and how much I enjoyed writing a letter back. I should write here in this blog more often. Also, I recently dropped by Jenn and Scott's place in Val Caron. It was Nathan's birthday. Nathan and Dara were there with Ace. It was nice to have coffee and cake and then we headed out for a nice Friday night supper. Tyler and Nila came along and so that too was nice to spend time with. After that, I headed home to continue binge watching old episodes of The Sopranos. Now THAT is something I should write about. That is such a good series. It has very good acting. But of course, good writing is at the heart of it. It was also nice to spend time with Jenn and Scott before they set off on their cruise of the Caribbean. Their ship is massive; the MSC Seaside. Check out the website. I am pretty sure they will have an enjoyable time. https://www.msccruises.ca/plan-a-cruise/ships/msc-seaside