tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post5910612459966556750..comments2022-09-07T00:30:56.012-06:00Comments on la fleur épuisée: just another out-of-print flower: a coherent online presence: thoughtscindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-7902838098999713332012-07-30T05:29:18.778-06:002012-07-30T05:29:18.778-06:00I'm a bit late to the party because we were in...I'm a bit late to the party because we were in the process of moving... but, now here to say I like the hodgepodge. I, too, am rather scattered in my interests and musings.I would want a targeted food/theological/lifestyle blog only if I were looking for something on a specific topic by a person I didn't know. But I DO know you, so I like reading everything, the whole of the person, the sense of real life.Lisa Websternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-57524956152750348192012-07-28T16:57:11.716-06:002012-07-28T16:57:11.716-06:00Kelly, we do the same thing! And I had no idea tha...Kelly, we do the same thing! And I had no idea that you even read my blog! I'm glad you do. I'm glad the internet lets friends keep in touch across time and space. I'm glad we don't all always agree on everything, too.cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-29812585008135806662012-07-28T16:55:13.965-06:002012-07-28T16:55:13.965-06:00Oh, Laura, how I laughed (twice) reading (twice) y...Oh, Laura, how I laughed (twice) reading (twice) your description of a "glam life as a scholar on the prairies." Right. <br /><br />I loved the controversial posts, too. <br /><br />You're so right about the temporality of the blogosphere. I forget about that too often. Who even remembers last week's fuss?cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-74874965798879187902012-07-28T16:54:03.355-06:002012-07-28T16:54:03.355-06:00Oh, Ruth. I love it when you reply even to my litt...Oh, Ruth. I love it when you reply even to my little bitty posts. I just changed the comment structure to allow for more dialogue, as that feels better to me, and you're the inspiration for it!cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-78254843970494589212012-07-28T16:53:12.865-06:002012-07-28T16:53:12.865-06:00Dad, you're super. Thanks for this encourageme...Dad, you're super. Thanks for this encouragement. <br /><br />I also like to think that people who know me as you do can imagine the nuance and gesture...that's pretty cool. <br /><br />oxocindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-26847126762579930082012-07-28T16:52:09.140-06:002012-07-28T16:52:09.140-06:00Ah, the categories! I should get back to those!
...Ah, the categories! I should get back to those! <br /><br />I think life seasons, however cliched the phrase, are valid reasons for shifting our modes of self-representation and engagement. You are a philosopher AND a great mom AND x number of other things, and finding the space to be those things all at once and feel you're living fully into them makes great sense to me.cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-14700516476568088612012-07-28T16:50:33.855-06:002012-07-28T16:50:33.855-06:00Thanks for the comments, K. I'm especially str...Thanks for the comments, K. I'm especially struck by the "occasional essay" outlook--that's a way I've seen this blog in the past, and I think it's a good perspective to return to. And I totally sense the goodness of these other forums, too, where dialogue in person (or not in person) allows for a different shape of give-and-take and understanding. I guess what I'm saying is, your response here gives me some courage.cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-61256999373704617562012-07-28T11:24:18.727-06:002012-07-28T11:24:18.727-06:00I think some of what you are saying about identity...I think some of what you are saying about identity and blogging is part of why my own blogging frequency has dropped significantly in the last year. I will think to share some thoughts about a certain topic of interest to me, then think of x many people that I know at least occasionally read my blog that wouldn't be interested or who could take offense, and it keeps me from writing entirely. I realize, however, that the reason I read friends' blogs is to hear their thoughts, since I am no longer around in person to have discussions, and that if my friends also decided to simply not post something because not everyone who would read it would be interested, I would hear from them a lot less.<br /><br />I have always enjoying hearing your thoughts and reading your writing, and I am grateful for your pursuit of honesty and integrity in developing an online presence. It is a lesson for me to stop self-censoring, thereby unnecessarily weakening ties to friends separated by distance.Kelly Handhttp://musicalkipper.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-25736744838606411212012-07-26T14:29:29.428-06:002012-07-26T14:29:29.428-06:00I like the blog just as it is, too. Blogs ARE puz...I like the blog just as it is, too. Blogs ARE puzzling things to work out, but I'm realizing that they are best when not overthought. Just write. When we're interested, we'll read. When we're not, we'll skim for the juicy bits about your glam life as a scholar on the prairies. ;) I've gotten the most positive feedback on the posts that I felt were most controversial (e.g. my most recent post). At times that means I just let it go for a while, to cool off, then pick up again and plod forward. It's a media with lots of heat in the moment, then everyone forgets and moves on, pretty forgiving in the long run. <br /><br /> Love to you!Laura W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04361250697594936298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-78867458021442436402012-07-26T09:39:50.492-06:002012-07-26T09:39:50.492-06:00I love your blog just as it is--& I don't ...I love your blog just as it is--& I don't keep up with many blogs. And if you eventually include even <i>more</i> topics/genres, that will be fun too!RuthGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614335519388248537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-62913003768113187112012-07-26T03:30:01.065-06:002012-07-26T03:30:01.065-06:00I simply love to read your words, ponder along wit...I simply love to read your words, ponder along with your ponderings, smile at your humor, feel the challenge of your questions and imagine your voice animated by facial expressions & hand gestures becoming brackets & exclamations of punctuation. <br /><br />I know several of your silent followers who aren't bloggers themselves (as I am not) but are thrilled to read your postings because they know the heart from which they pour and the mind where they are formed.<br /><br />Finally, I like the hodgepodge nature of your topics that have keep me wondering what you'll tackle next. Five Sense Fridays provide enough comforting structure without the boredom of complete predictability.<br /><br />Please, continue. :)<br />Love, dadR. Richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-79689312994926513412012-07-26T00:05:25.751-06:002012-07-26T00:05:25.751-06:00Perhaps the desire to sort your thoughts into sepa...Perhaps the desire to sort your thoughts into separate blogs could be assuaged by categorizing and labeling your posts within one blog? I have a friend who is a creative writer and writes four separate blogs for the sorts of reasons you describe, and I'm not convinced that's the better way to go. It seems to push the writer towards a limiting persona. My own blogging has been of one sort only, and lately I've wondered whether there wouldn't be value in broadening my approach, since I'm in a different "season of life" (that sounds cliched, I feel uncomfortable).Liz Comptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794343826659644118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-60373970581835154032012-07-25T13:38:57.004-06:002012-07-25T13:38:57.004-06:00I only just skimmed your "effing" post (...I only just skimmed your "effing" post (background research to understand this current one?) and I am, first of all, struck that folks might feel assaulted when they read posts they are not compelled to read; second of all, indignant on your behalf that these folks who are friends feel this way when reading your own personal blog. <br /><br />Now I'll retreat for a minute into something gentler and more palatable. I, too, struggle with voice and unity and purpose in my own (lately seldom updated) blog. One of the blogs I read often also had a question about unity of voice (or lack thereof). She is mainly a food blogger but many of her posts are not about food at all. There was, apparently some complaint (though it was minor). Most of her readers, however, (myself included) loved the breadth of her interests and delighted in the range of her writing ability. <br /><br />Lately I tend to think of blogging (when it comes to myself, at least) as a possible venue for the "occasional essay"; thoughtful writing on whatever it is that won't let me go. Like any essay (or poem, or book, or sermon--secular and otherwise), we are all free to read the things we love. No one will be tested on what we write in our blogs. It isn't a examination our friends must take to remain part of the group. If our writing displeases some, then perhaps those folks can interact with us at cafes and wine bars or on facebook or anywhere but where we offer up, freely, the writing that is part of what and who we are.dr spinsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10876465911148541136noreply@blogger.com