tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post3208198710094938612..comments2023-10-12T04:28:53.739-04:00Comments on three little chickies: Whispering in my ear--Can you miss someone you never met?Kiriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253821778906908627noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-45095214511567208892009-05-03T00:08:00.000-04:002009-05-03T00:08:00.000-04:00I loved this piece. Your writing about reading an...I loved this piece. Your writing about reading and listening to stories reminds me of the importance of books. The importance of becoming part of the story and it's characters and settings. Aren't you glad someone ready to you?Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929593087242469741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-35705728286360606232009-04-13T20:58:00.000-04:002009-04-13T20:58:00.000-04:00Kirie, this is absolutely beautiful craftsmanship....Kirie, this is absolutely beautiful craftsmanship. That might be a funny way of complimenting this remarkable post, but it <EM>is</EM> so well crafted that I was, once again, simply blown away by your writing style. That is one layer. The other is the story of your loving stories, and the special voices that tell them. I still don't have an ipod, hadn't heard of the author or narrator you highlighted here, but I'm thinking now that an ipod is in my future. So very sad about Anna Fields, yet I have a feeling she appreciates your connection to her. <br /><br />Ironically, my latest post is about oral history, and the story-telling of my uncle. I think you'll be captivated by the short clip of his narration of a particular story.....Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-11521145420516288932009-04-13T15:29:00.000-04:002009-04-13T15:29:00.000-04:00This is another one of those blogs from you, Kir, ...This is another one of those blogs from you, Kir, that really struck me. I think the feeling you captured is how I feel about aging and the passage of time. That rushing toward a fate we cannot know -- or it rushing toward us -- is a feeling I feel now and again and associate with "homesickness." I have no words to actually describe that gfeeling, but as I read your words, they certainly embody that feeling for me. It's that very infrequent yet very strong acute awareness of the passage of time as it's happening; it's a little melancholy, a little nostalgic, and when it passes, I'm relieved but also somehow ... I dunno, possibly "enlightened." It's very peculiar, isn't it?Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401874309480120462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-71540509633352262402009-04-13T13:01:00.000-04:002009-04-13T13:01:00.000-04:00Books have such a wonderful way of luring you into...Books have such a wonderful way of luring you into new worlds and meeting new people - I think you can definitely get so caught up that you actually miss the characters or the writer once the story has ended. <BR/><BR/>Here's to finding many more stories that draw you in to new and magical worlds. Enjoy! :)<BR/><BR/>I'll have to check out Kate Wilhelm now :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01001122058483315679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-25831479625808395622009-04-06T19:57:00.000-04:002009-04-06T19:57:00.000-04:00Hi KirieI loved to read to you when you were littl...Hi Kirie<BR/><BR/>I loved to read to you when you were little and I sure enjoy our little book club today. It is so much fun to exchange ideas and books - thanks for introducing me to so many authors.<BR/> <BR/>Your post is thought provoking - I have a sense of loss as time speeds by and I am still here at work instead of being with you and the girls when I want to be.<BR/><BR/>Daddy would like to have Ada read to him when we come out to visit. I want to read some more to her - did you finish Cherry Ames? And the first Bobbsey Twins?<BR/><BR/>Daddy says you are building good foundations for Ada and Esme. Kirie, he says you can help repair cracks in his foundation.<BR/><BR/>Love, Momangelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027136309729856961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-72304254535886275212009-04-06T16:33:00.000-04:002009-04-06T16:33:00.000-04:00I am amazed how close and intimate voices without ...I am amazed how close and intimate voices without faces can feel. I love being told a story. Like you I listen to TAL and the Moth. I love to listen to David Sedaris and other humourists on my I-pod. I love laughing our loud hysterically when going for a walk and having people on the street wondering if I am crazy or if I am listening to an I-pod.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-72334075281027359962009-04-04T06:52:00.000-04:002009-04-04T06:52:00.000-04:00As always vey insightful your post.To answer your ...As always vey insightful your post.<BR/><BR/>To answer your title question... Yes, we can.<BR/>I miss you.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the support on FB, lovely you.<BR/><BR/>Have a nice weekend<BR/>xoxoSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128993876847534647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-65164144235849961602009-04-04T00:09:00.000-04:002009-04-04T00:09:00.000-04:00I love to hear about your Mom reading to you. I e...I love to hear about your Mom reading to you. I enjoyed so much reading to the kids and of course we had so many books, with Gramdma Cox being a Book Buyer for Book World at that time. Just recently Tom told me he LOVED to have Meghan sit on his lap and read; it is something about returning to our younger years when we read to our daughters and they read to us! Such fond memories.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198754216986902423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-13054257497111582402009-04-03T10:22:00.000-04:002009-04-03T10:22:00.000-04:00Oh, doesn't this go right along with my word of th...Oh, doesn't this go right along with my word of the year "Listen"?? I am happy your mother read to you -- I still read aloud every night to my 9 year old (currently The Underneath). And there is nothing better than an audiobook on a road trip. Do you have one of those little microphones for the computer? You should record yourself reading to your kids or reading poems you love... could be a bit a permanence your kids will appreciate someday when their childhoods are over and you aren't there to read to them. Just a thought. xxooIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457362241595345373.post-37778357973198184272009-04-03T07:13:00.000-04:002009-04-03T07:13:00.000-04:00I love listening to stories (and NPR) too. When I ...I love listening to stories (and NPR) too. When I was a child it was my older sister who read to me and was one of the things that helped forge a deep bond between us.<BR/><BR/>The second part of your post...v. thought provoking...For me the impermanence of life is, in some ways comforting, a reminder to not take things so seriously. In other ways, with things and people I want to hold onto, it can be a cause of grief. I also think life is like a really good book, you can't be certain what'll happen from chapter to chapter but afterwards the events and conclusion seem inevitable. Though of course life is more complex...Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.com