UPDATE: Personal
Aug. 31st, 2024 08:16 amI feel I should write about ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
callmemadam's passing, because, using Livejournal's term, I did think of her as a friend, having interacted with her for many years, first there, more recently here, and in losing her I am sad. There are other emotions, mixed ones, based on what I have learned about her passing. I'm also aware that our interaction was all digital. There will be no more posts, no more replies. I have met 'friends from the internet' (in other guises) back when I told my mother and she blanched, but that might well have been twenty years ago. Things, most of all our understanding of relationships over the internet, have moved on. I have lost a friend. But I am aware that I only knew part of her as she did of me or anyone who read this will, which is always the case in any relationship, only perhaps more pointed when we have control over what we share online, what we type, what we delete before pressing 'post'.
Anyway, in tribute, I was so delighted to find someone who loved Girls Own books and who shared her knowledge and opinions about them, but so much more. I will remember her beautiful pictures of her garden, and her trenchant reviews in particular.
callmemadam's passing, because, using Livejournal's term, I did think of her as a friend, having interacted with her for many years, first there, more recently here, and in losing her I am sad. There are other emotions, mixed ones, based on what I have learned about her passing. I'm also aware that our interaction was all digital. There will be no more posts, no more replies. I have met 'friends from the internet' (in other guises) back when I told my mother and she blanched, but that might well have been twenty years ago. Things, most of all our understanding of relationships over the internet, have moved on. I have lost a friend. But I am aware that I only knew part of her as she did of me or anyone who read this will, which is always the case in any relationship, only perhaps more pointed when we have control over what we share online, what we type, what we delete before pressing 'post'.Anyway, in tribute, I was so delighted to find someone who loved Girls Own books and who shared her knowledge and opinions about them, but so much more. I will remember her beautiful pictures of her garden, and her trenchant reviews in particular.
