tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671769916773635799.post2615435645988938181..comments2024-01-11T11:09:02.001+00:00Comments on Awake + Make | A Blog for Creative Living : The Weekend Whim: What We Leave BehindCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09617998043329702887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671769916773635799.post-11572607220953232192015-05-10T18:15:00.264+01:002015-05-10T18:15:00.264+01:00It's so much fun once you get into it, isn'...It's so much fun once you get into it, isn't it? The museum I volunteer at is a small, local one which only opened a few years ago, hence it being a lot more hands on than other voluntary opportunities at other museums. If you want to be a part of transcribing historical documents, but can't find anywhere local to you, then I'd recommend taking a look at heritageheroes.org.uk - you can register and transcribe documents online (the recipe book looks particularly interesting!). Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617998043329702887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671769916773635799.post-56385563960356883732015-05-10T17:27:49.475+01:002015-05-10T17:27:49.475+01:00oh my word what an amazing kind of volunteering! i...oh my word what an amazing kind of volunteering! in one of my english language courses we studied editing and text and had a go at transcribing manuscripts. had no idea people could voluntarily do it (without a degree in it?) xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784868422818781440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671769916773635799.post-46248142040861148782015-05-10T13:37:37.815+01:002015-05-10T13:37:37.815+01:00Thanks Gemma, glad you enjoyed it! Taking photos o...Thanks Gemma, glad you enjoyed it! Taking photos of objects is a great idea - there's some objects that I want to remember without having to make space for, so this sounds like something I'll have to do. <br /><br />Honesty in writing is something that I'm really striving for at the moment. Like my teen diaries, I don't want this blog to turn into a place where I look back on things I've written in shame. I think as long as I'm honest with myself, I'll be happy (even if some earlier posts are a little cringeworthy!). Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617998043329702887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671769916773635799.post-76753258080370390542015-05-10T11:41:19.422+01:002015-05-10T11:41:19.422+01:00This is a fantastic post, Charlotte - it's rea...This is a fantastic post, Charlotte - it's really made me think. Like you, I've had that feeling lately where I'm fed up of having so much 'stuff' and wondering why I'm keeping it. When I had a sort out not that long ago, I decided to take photos of objects that I wanted to remember from childhood but didn't really want to find space for and I've found that's helped. Looking at the photo still brings back the memories, even though I don't have the physical object anymore. <br /><br />I love what you say about questioning the honesty of what we write, and I've never really thought about that in terms of letters we read from past eras. <br /><br />Great post :)Gemmahttps://theperfectionistpen.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com