Long ago, before we moved to this farm, our friends and neighbours said "Keep in touch." That's harder to do as the years roll by, for everyone's lives go in different directions and sometimes illness or children or a new job overwhelm one. What I've continued to do, which has apparently been quite popular, is what I call an Update - every now and again when something odd or funny or interesting happens I add it to a draft e:mail and when it's about six paragraphs long I send it off on its merry way across the ether. Sometimes this happens within three or four weeks, sometimes longer when things like lambing intervene. Some of the recipients never respond during the year but always send a Christmas card mentioning the Update, so I guess it's enjoyed by some (if not all) of them.
