Comments on: these things take time

By: Maureen

Maureen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:37:14 +0000

Hey Tricia, I didn’t know you were a knitter! Your blog is a thing of beauty as are your knitting projects. Very inspiring. Blog on, sister!

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:34:04 +0000

Well, I gotta say that I love this. I may not get 100 comments per post, but look at the substance of the comments I do get! There’s so much deep thinking and sharing here–not just a bunch of “you’re so great” responses. That’s what I mean by my blog being a living thing–it keeps expanding with comments like these.

You all really do make my day.

And regarding my email address, I haven’t put it on the blog for fear of it generating lots of spam. But if you leave me a comment saying you’d like to contact me, I’m always happy to email back.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:33:29 +0000

p.s. Patricia, do you have an email contact you share? I looked around your site for one but didn’t find it.

By: BobPixel

BobPixel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:55:05 +0000

Wow. I just read Susan’s post about weaving tales and I am really inspired. Too bad I can’t comment on her blog, though. I would love to send her some cyber-applause.

By: BobPixel

BobPixel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:53:21 +0000

I’ve written the occasional brilliant post, but after years of blogging I’ve gotta share that it all comes down to I do it because I want to. I’m happy with any entry that gets a comment. I’m blogging “safe” stuff. So I know it’s not as compelling as the raw gritty growth me and mine are going through.

I feel like this steals something from the future, but I also feel like it gives some space to the present.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:14:43 +0000

Thanks for this post. I also have a blog in its toddlerhood, and I work hard on patience, process, and remembering why I started blogging in the first place.

I do feel like doing new things, having the experience of being a novice, really helps me as a homeschooling mom, reminding me of the joys and frustrations of learning something new.

And by the way, I love love love your homeschooling article. Perhaps my favorite I’ve ever read.

By: melissa s.

melissa s. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:31:27 +0000

omg, too funny. i’ve done the same exact thing with soulemama’s archives! so inspiring to see where she is now! for as much as i tell my kids “baby steps, you just gotta be patient,” i very rarely take my own advice. should maybe start listening to myself.
can’t wait to see that sweater done. it’s beautiful already!

By: suzee

suzee — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:39:49 +0000

Hee! Maybe you should be Annie’s mom, as that personality trait is her to a T!

Congratulations on the pub and the lovely, lovely turn at knitting.

I remind myself regularly that the blogs that get the very most hits are the ones written by people with personality disorders.

By: susan

susan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:40:00 +0000

This is too close to home for me. I started work on my first novel when I gave up career thoughts and decided to stay home with my kids. Evelyn is a decade old now and I am still working on finishing one. I have one 300 page manuscript that I dropped. Another 150 page manuscript I dropped and one 200 page one I am working on now…glacially. I read that Michael Crichton wrote his first novels on the weekend while at med school. He once wrote a novel in 9 days. So what do I do instead of putting all my work into finishing…why, I take up blogging. For the instant gratification of seeing the words and pictures. Ok, yes, and comments! Thank you… And the (vain) hope that success will come quicker.

By: stefaneener

stefaneener — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:24:59 +0000

Yes, sometimes I wonder why it is that while I have an uncanny ability to catch the zeitgeist and embody it, I am seldom in the forefront of any movement, seldom a leader, usually not a follower, but vaguely doing my own thing in the same direction that everyone else seems to be going.

Blogging is seductive that way. I try to remember what a rush it is to post a well-crafted post, just for myself. It’s a gift to get to wrestle with words and phrases just to make something beautiful. Of course, it’s nice when it’s appreciated and shared, too.

Sometimes I realize that wanting instant mastery is a trap, but it doesn’t make it easier to escape it. Thanks for the reminder.