Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on my last post. It’s not that I’m seeking more comments–I’m probably one of the biggest lurkers out there on your blogs. I know we don’t always have the time to comment, or have anything to say even if we’ve enjoyed a post. It just seemed that the process posts getting much fewer comments than other types of posts indicated a lack of interest. I’m so happy to hear that isn’t so, and that many of you are enjoying the writing process posts, even if you aren’t commenting. That’s what I wasn’t sure of. Please, no pressure to comment if you don’t want to!
Tomorrow I’ll post the first fiction fragment. Until then, I give you that knitting/baby blog staple, the child playing dress-up in Mommy’s knitwear:
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oh my god – how cute is that?
Posted by: michele
I’m a lurker too — but that is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!
Posted by: Jenny
haha, I always feel like such a tool for commenting AFTER someone says “thanks for all the support”! – like I’m freeriding on everyone else’s awesomeness. It’s all timing, I swear.
Having said that, I enjoy your blog as a whole. I like the knitting stuff, sure, but I also appreciate bloggers who write about other things that are important to them, whether it be their kids, their work, their other hobbies and interests, or their hair. (I included that last one because I am ridiculously jealous of your curls. Mine just don’t DO that.) But commenting – I pretty much suck at it, and I don’t have a handle on what to do when people comment on my blog. My other blog is a LiveJournal, and they’ve got a great system for replying to comments and threading them, yadda yadda, but with blogs like these, I just don’t know what to do. So I do nothing, or do a blanket “thanks for reading!” post.
Also, your kid is darned cute.
Posted by: ames
Overalls AND a Clapotis?? Oh dear god, the cuteness, it burns!
Posted by: Bertha
oh my god – how cute is that?
Posted by: michele
I’m a lurker too — but that is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!
Posted by: Jenny
haha, I always feel like such a tool for commenting AFTER someone says “thanks for all the support”! – like I’m freeriding on everyone else’s awesomeness. It’s all timing, I swear.
Having said that, I enjoy your blog as a whole. I like the knitting stuff, sure, but I also appreciate bloggers who write about other things that are important to them, whether it be their kids, their work, their other hobbies and interests, or their hair. (I included that last one because I am ridiculously jealous of your curls. Mine just don’t DO that.) But commenting – I pretty much suck at it, and I don’t have a handle on what to do when people comment on my blog. My other blog is a LiveJournal, and they’ve got a great system for replying to comments and threading them, yadda yadda, but with blogs like these, I just don’t know what to do. So I do nothing, or do a blanket “thanks for reading!” post.
Also, your kid is darned cute.
Posted by: ames
Overalls AND a Clapotis?? Oh dear god, the cuteness, it burns!
Posted by: Bertha
*melts*
Posted by: Amy
I am another avid reader of your blog, but don’t always post. Sometimes I think if I post to every entry you make that you will get sick of hearing from me. So I read but don’t always post. But since I know you like comments….I will be sure to comment as time permits! Looking forward to your fiction fragment tomorrow.
And of course….love the baby! too cute!
Posted by: Heather
i’m a huge lurker. i always feel like i’m just repeating the same thing over again that someone before me has just said. so i don’t usually say anything unless i feel like i have something intelligent to say, but i subscribe on bloglines so i read all the time. 🙂
Posted by: Cambria
Adorable kid! Rarely do I think that. 😉
Posted by: M Ward
Comparing the baby in the sidebar to the little one in the pics you are posting now is amazing. I’m digging the Clapotis almost as much as the Acorn Hat.
Posted by: jody
I’m always late to the party these days… now that I have a baby, I understand the need to get some input from the outside world!
I like hearing about your writing best of all. I’ve got a lot in common with you right now- I just made a big move, I have a little one, and I’m trying to find a way to include my creative pursuits in my life. I’m still such a fledgeling artist, and I was having a hard time fitting it in before my little girl came into the picture; now, I really struggle with it. It’s so good for me to see how other people do it, and to read/see/hear the fruits of their labor.
That was a really long way of saying that I’m glad you’ll be including more of your fiction writing her. Creativity inspires creativity.
Posted by: Susan (Hyperactive Hands)
*melts*
Posted by: Amy
I am another avid reader of your blog, but don’t always post. Sometimes I think if I post to every entry you make that you will get sick of hearing from me. So I read but don’t always post. But since I know you like comments….I will be sure to comment as time permits! Looking forward to your fiction fragment tomorrow.
And of course….love the baby! too cute!
Posted by: Heather
i’m a huge lurker. i always feel like i’m just repeating the same thing over again that someone before me has just said. so i don’t usually say anything unless i feel like i have something intelligent to say, but i subscribe on bloglines so i read all the time. 🙂
Posted by: Cambria
Adorable kid! Rarely do I think that. 😉
Posted by: M Ward
Comparing the baby in the sidebar to the little one in the pics you are posting now is amazing. I’m digging the Clapotis almost as much as the Acorn Hat.
Posted by: jody
I’m always late to the party these days… now that I have a baby, I understand the need to get some input from the outside world!
I like hearing about your writing best of all. I’ve got a lot in common with you right now- I just made a big move, I have a little one, and I’m trying to find a way to include my creative pursuits in my life. I’m still such a fledgeling artist, and I was having a hard time fitting it in before my little girl came into the picture; now, I really struggle with it. It’s so good for me to see how other people do it, and to read/see/hear the fruits of their labor.
That was a really long way of saying that I’m glad you’ll be including more of your fiction writing her. Creativity inspires creativity.
Posted by: Susan (Hyperactive Hands)
I am reading (and enjoying) the entries about the process. (although? Just a note about your “real” writing? ALL of your writing is real, regardless of whether it belongs in a novel or in a blog.) My problem with commenting about the process, is that I inspired by your process and your creativity, and how excited you are about the whole thing, that I have to go and DO something creative, right away. Then, I admit, I do not remember to come back to thank you for the rush of inspiration. Must be the ADD. So thank you, and please, please, please keep writing about your process, and that cute little Thumper.
Posted by: Jenn
I can’t wait for fiction fragments! And your haircut looks great. Maybe I should go to the same place next time. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Tereza
Cari-
I’m probably one of your biggest lurkers – started reading last year just before you moved. I enjoy all your entries (alto baby pics are the cutest). Don’t stop the writing – I don’t write fiction, but I do have to write for work, and always looking to improve my skills.
Jenny
Posted by: Jenny
Hey there! I’m a lurker, generally.. but I do read your blog every few days and just thought I should let you know that I really enjoy it. I started reading it after seeing one of your patterns on another blog. Also, it’s been really great to see the transition you’ve made to living in Portland. We’re considering a move there after I finish grad school, and you’ve provided a bit of insight into the community. Thanks!
Posted by: Shana
Cari, I read every post that you put up. I enjoy all of them, but as you posted about reading other peoples blog, sometimes I feel a little like I’m invading your personal space if I comment everytime you post. Also, a lot of the time, when you blog about your writing, I don’t have anything to say because I don’t do a lot of that and don’t understand the process. I learn something from you, but I don’t always comment on it.
Isn’t it amazing how much Thumper has changed from the pictures on the left of your blog to the recent pictures of him? He’s turning into such a little man.
I like the new hair cut and the new color…what I wouldn’t give for curls like that. I pay good money to replicate them, but they never turn out as good as yours are.
Posted by: lynda
Aww. When you wrote “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Clapotis” could you have pictured this?
Posted by: Helen
I am reading (and enjoying) the entries about the process. (although? Just a note about your “real” writing? ALL of your writing is real, regardless of whether it belongs in a novel or in a blog.) My problem with commenting about the process, is that I inspired by your process and your creativity, and how excited you are about the whole thing, that I have to go and DO something creative, right away. Then, I admit, I do not remember to come back to thank you for the rush of inspiration. Must be the ADD. So thank you, and please, please, please keep writing about your process, and that cute little Thumper.
Posted by: Jenn
I can’t wait for fiction fragments! And your haircut looks great. Maybe I should go to the same place next time. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Tereza
Cari-
I’m probably one of your biggest lurkers – started reading last year just before you moved. I enjoy all your entries (alto baby pics are the cutest). Don’t stop the writing – I don’t write fiction, but I do have to write for work, and always looking to improve my skills.
Jenny
Posted by: Jenny
Hey there! I’m a lurker, generally.. but I do read your blog every few days and just thought I should let you know that I really enjoy it. I started reading it after seeing one of your patterns on another blog. Also, it’s been really great to see the transition you’ve made to living in Portland. We’re considering a move there after I finish grad school, and you’ve provided a bit of insight into the community. Thanks!
Posted by: Shana
Cari, I read every post that you put up. I enjoy all of them, but as you posted about reading other peoples blog, sometimes I feel a little like I’m invading your personal space if I comment everytime you post. Also, a lot of the time, when you blog about your writing, I don’t have anything to say because I don’t do a lot of that and don’t understand the process. I learn something from you, but I don’t always comment on it.
Isn’t it amazing how much Thumper has changed from the pictures on the left of your blog to the recent pictures of him? He’s turning into such a little man.
I like the new hair cut and the new color…what I wouldn’t give for curls like that. I pay good money to replicate them, but they never turn out as good as yours are.
Posted by: lynda
Aww. When you wrote “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Clapotis” could you have pictured this?
Posted by: Helen
That’s a very cool photo. Bella is also obsessed with dressing up in whatever she can find at the moment. The current favourite is one of my beanies and a short scarf. She gets very distressed when she has to take them off!
Posted by: ginchy
He’s got the layering thing happening! Pia will be so pleased 🙂
Posted by: Alison
Here I am, a day or two late. Oh, the froggy boots! My Katy had a beloved pair just like that; when they were outgrown, they were passed on to another child, then to yet another child. They were indestructible.
Do you fear that your blog is not “interesting?” You should not worry. For one thing, you write well so whatever your topic, it’s involving to read. I think another thing that makes a blog addictive is the sense that some things are withheld – there is a peek through a window into someone’s personal life from time to time, but the curtain is discreetly drawn at other times. Plus there’s that time-lapse photography aspect of reading a blog, especially if one goes back into the archives. Look, there’s Thumper still inside, stretching out the tattoo, there he is in the sling, now he has hair, now he’s standing up all mischievous and toddlery in his denim overalls! And the same for you – now all excited about the writers’ program, now a bride, then a new mother, now a modern pioneer moving westward. It amazes me every day that blogging, those who write and those who read, has opened the whole world to women who were isolated each in their own household until now. Imagine if blogging had been an option when Betty Friedan was stuck back in suburbia…. Anyway, you and other bloggers of various stripes have attracted a loyal readership, and I think we’ll stick with you wherever you lead us. OK?
Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport
Wow, you’re an inspiration to me. I’m due 3/1 & your parental savy & continued sense of self give me hope that I won’t just fade into the world of MOM. Plus Thumper’s adorable!
Posted by: Looming Laura
I used to be involved with a message board and it was always the wittiest and most thought-provoking posts that generated the shortest threads. Myself and other contributors would sulk because we felt ignored and when everybody finally discussed it, everybody said that they didn’t want to ruin their favorite posts by replying with “me too” or “LOL” or some other inanity. Sometimes no reply is a good thing. Discussing wedgie-resistant underpants or whatnot that everybody can relate to and contribute to the discussion will generate a lot of comments, but does that really make it a post that you’re proud of?
Oh. And I bow to the Cute Overlord. Thank you for that.
Posted by: Andi
That really pulls me in, I can’t wait to hear more!
Posted by: Ginny
That’s a very cool photo. Bella is also obsessed with dressing up in whatever she can find at the moment. The current favourite is one of my beanies and a short scarf. She gets very distressed when she has to take them off!
Posted by: ginchy
He’s got the layering thing happening! Pia will be so pleased 🙂
Posted by: Alison
Here I am, a day or two late. Oh, the froggy boots! My Katy had a beloved pair just like that; when they were outgrown, they were passed on to another child, then to yet another child. They were indestructible.
Do you fear that your blog is not “interesting?” You should not worry. For one thing, you write well so whatever your topic, it’s involving to read. I think another thing that makes a blog addictive is the sense that some things are withheld – there is a peek through a window into someone’s personal life from time to time, but the curtain is discreetly drawn at other times. Plus there’s that time-lapse photography aspect of reading a blog, especially if one goes back into the archives. Look, there’s Thumper still inside, stretching out the tattoo, there he is in the sling, now he has hair, now he’s standing up all mischievous and toddlery in his denim overalls! And the same for you – now all excited about the writers’ program, now a bride, then a new mother, now a modern pioneer moving westward. It amazes me every day that blogging, those who write and those who read, has opened the whole world to women who were isolated each in their own household until now. Imagine if blogging had been an option when Betty Friedan was stuck back in suburbia…. Anyway, you and other bloggers of various stripes have attracted a loyal readership, and I think we’ll stick with you wherever you lead us. OK?
Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport
Wow, you’re an inspiration to me. I’m due 3/1 & your parental savy & continued sense of self give me hope that I won’t just fade into the world of MOM. Plus Thumper’s adorable!
Posted by: Looming Laura
I used to be involved with a message board and it was always the wittiest and most thought-provoking posts that generated the shortest threads. Myself and other contributors would sulk because we felt ignored and when everybody finally discussed it, everybody said that they didn’t want to ruin their favorite posts by replying with “me too” or “LOL” or some other inanity. Sometimes no reply is a good thing. Discussing wedgie-resistant underpants or whatnot that everybody can relate to and contribute to the discussion will generate a lot of comments, but does that really make it a post that you’re proud of?
Oh. And I bow to the Cute Overlord. Thank you for that.
Posted by: Andi
That really pulls me in, I can’t wait to hear more!
Posted by: Ginny
Thumper wrapped in your Clapotis is so precious! I’ve been wearing mine with loose ends (lazily avoiding weaving in the ends) to keep me warm. 🙂
Posted by: Jaime
Ah, the 14th Way of Looking at Clapotis. And my personal favorite. What an absolute cutie.
Posted by: Michelle
Thumper wrapped in your Clapotis is so precious! I’ve been wearing mine with loose ends (lazily avoiding weaving in the ends) to keep me warm. 🙂
Posted by: Jaime
Ah, the 14th Way of Looking at Clapotis. And my personal favorite. What an absolute cutie.
Posted by: Michelle