Hi -- When I said I now do my journaling on computer, these are not "live blogs." Just for me. Can't imagine anyone else would want to read. Sometimes it winds up being a To Do List or a What I Accomplished List.

I've not thought of keeping the journal on tape. I have wanted to keep notes of countryside and thoughts while driving. Unfortunately, my cassette recorder conked and I didn't know -- and all the tapes of my drive from Florida to Northern California, and also San Fran to Portland and back along the wild coastline, and through moose country, were lost. I've thought of investing in a digital recorder, like executives use, but have been unemployed a long time. And of course, that imposes taking time to transcribe.

Plus, computerized notes are highly searchable!

Some people say that typing is a right-brain linear activity and writing longhand is a creative left brain activity. However, I've been typing for 40 years. I have arthritis and my hands get numb since having an accident that impaired hand nerves. I feel as if I loose too much free flowing thought when I go longhand and that typing is purer for me now.

I also have gone through periods where I make brightly-colored drawings, usually using magic markers. These can be very revealing of inner states when I go back and look at them later.