NaPoWriMo 2020
Viewing comments for Chapter 18 "Phone Directories"Annual napowrimo prologue and poetry submission
8 total reviews
Comment from Joan E.
What a clever subject and sharing of remembrances! Yes, I had forgotten about the Yellow and White Pages. I was especially intrigued by your consulting a "psychic" from the phone book. Smiles- Joan
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2020
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What a clever subject and sharing of remembrances! Yes, I had forgotten about the Yellow and White Pages. I was especially intrigued by your consulting a "psychic" from the phone book. Smiles- Joan
Comment Written 19-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2020
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Hi Joan! You're nice. Thank you again. God bless you :)
Comment from Treischel
Hi Sunnilicious! I see you still write with humor and irony. Here is a lovely treatise on the lowly phone directory. We still get them, but hardly use them anymore since it is so easy to Google, Facebook, and Twitter these days. I still find them useful when camping, as the pages make excellent campfire starters. Nicely done.
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi Sunnilicious! I see you still write with humor and irony. Here is a lovely treatise on the lowly phone directory. We still get them, but hardly use them anymore since it is so easy to Google, Facebook, and Twitter these days. I still find them useful when camping, as the pages make excellent campfire starters. Nicely done.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi Treischel! They we're a think in Seattle or where I live in Burbank, Los Angeles. Glad you recycle. Hope all is going great. Thank you. Be careful, Stay safe and strong. Hugs :)
Comment from Y. M. Roger
LOL! Amazing the many avenues our mind travels once we latch onto a memory or focus on an item ... :) :) A fun offering for the month's poetic sojourn, Alicia -- thanx for sharing! ;) Yvete
fingers seeked names --> fingers sought names
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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LOL! Amazing the many avenues our mind travels once we latch onto a memory or focus on an item ... :) :) A fun offering for the month's poetic sojourn, Alicia -- thanx for sharing! ;) Yvete
fingers seeked names --> fingers sought names
Comment Written 18-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi Yvete! I appreciate the edit note. Thank you :)
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written poem about the phone directory that represents the old technology that we used to find information now we can only type in a few letters and numbers to find what we are looking for.
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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A very well-written poem about the phone directory that represents the old technology that we used to find information now we can only type in a few letters and numbers to find what we are looking for.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi! I put the app on my phone, but it's not the same as the annual periodicals. Pffft. Thank you. Hearts & hugs :)
Comment from lyenochka
Those were the days, being able to let your "fingers do the walking" through the yellow pages. Now we just look everything up on the internet.
"Where fingers seeked names or titles" (sought) seek has an irregular past tense form
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Those were the days, being able to let your "fingers do the walking" through the yellow pages. Now we just look everything up on the internet.
"Where fingers seeked names or titles" (sought) seek has an irregular past tense form
Comment Written 18-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi Helen! I appreciate the edit note. I prefer the annuals. They always had a free magnet too. Thank you :)
Comment from Rosemary Everson1
Our fingers would really do the walking in these yellow pages; if we wanted each ad you mentioned within your poem. The telephone book is a necessary book. Without it we would be lost.
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Our fingers would really do the walking in these yellow pages; if we wanted each ad you mentioned within your poem. The telephone book is a necessary book. Without it we would be lost.
Comment Written 17-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi! It isn't everywhere anymore. There is an app, but that's not the same. Thank you :)
Comment from kahpot
Excellent, yes bring back those days when meeting someone was fun, scary, and nerve wraking, as our first words and sight was face to face, I love your journey through life as you page through the directory, very well written****kahpot
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Excellent, yes bring back those days when meeting someone was fun, scary, and nerve wraking, as our first words and sight was face to face, I love your journey through life as you page through the directory, very well written****kahpot
Comment Written 17-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi! Thank you. God bless you :)
Comment from BeasPeas
Good job, Alicia. I've thought about this many times. Technology is making obsolete many things we liked and used--like the telephone book. I expect very soon it will be gone. I still use a Rolodex to store addresses and phone numbers. Another thing to go by the wayside will be Christmas card lists. Does anyone but me send them any more? This is an interesting write to make us think what we'd prefer NOT to give up. Marilyn
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Good job, Alicia. I've thought about this many times. Technology is making obsolete many things we liked and used--like the telephone book. I expect very soon it will be gone. I still use a Rolodex to store addresses and phone numbers. Another thing to go by the wayside will be Christmas card lists. Does anyone but me send them any more? This is an interesting write to make us think what we'd prefer NOT to give up. Marilyn
Comment Written 17-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Hi Marilyn! Seattle and Burbank Los Angeles don't give away free annuals anymore. Playing on the app isn't the same. Times really have changed. Thank you. God bless you :)
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I guess most people are giving up their land line--which I don't intend to do. But I can see where most people have gone to Smartphones. Marilyn
