Sunday, July 13, 2008

Wonderful web site

In my first post (blog), I wrote that I had started writing articles for Amazon Mechanical Turk. Some of the articles were for the web site www.earfl.com. At this web site, people record short stories (less than 3 minutes) about interesting events and people in their lives. They do this just by using the phone.

People have recorded stories about secrets, confessions, fears, fantasies, tributes, memories related to favorite photos, etc. I have written stories about tributes, a photo, and my best friend.

A favorite story for many people is a tribute to a person's mother. This person talked about how her mother (even though dead) seems to send her special messages on her birthdays. My tribute story was about taking care of my uncle for 6 weeks, 24 hours a day. Relatives thought there was nothing terminally wrong with him, but as soon as I arrived I realized that there was. I am a professional caregiver and can notice things that others don't. All of his relatives were so grateful to me for taking care of him, and that they could come and see him in his apartment during his final days.

Another wonderful story is by a woman talking about the loss of her daughter at the age of 20. A favorite of mine is the story told by a young woman about her wonderful grandmother. She has such great memories of her, and learned so much from her.

Jim

1 comment:

Jim Boyle said...

Hi Jim,

How about somemore stories. I would like to hear about your experiences and thoughts about being a Monk, for example. Also how about some Matrix Energetics experiences?

Jim