tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post4862768039216931813..comments2024-03-02T09:05:39.993-06:00Comments on Korinthia's Quiet Corner: Virtually FriendsKorinthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-26667968573589184702013-04-12T13:43:44.886-05:002013-04-12T13:43:44.886-05:00I used to blog very regularly for probably 6 years...I used to blog very regularly for probably 6 years or more. Now I just don't make the time for it, but I can fully relate to the feeling of repeating myself to my friends. My whole life was online so I always found it odd when friends would say I never shared what was going on in my life. Oh well. ;)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318037652705643459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-69180821196583694452013-04-09T11:27:54.210-05:002013-04-09T11:27:54.210-05:00That's very kind of you, Lisa.
There are days...That's very kind of you, Lisa.<br /><br />There are days I think of online friends like online shopping, in that I get something I need from out in the world while staying in my pajamas. (How is that for high caliber writing!?)Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-89469323451268829142013-04-09T11:18:09.894-05:002013-04-09T11:18:09.894-05:00i never really thought this through but you are so...i never really thought this through but you are so right. I now worry about and think about people I have never known. Your blog is such high caliber writing is it truly an example to us all! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297169915079491139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-36872442088899771082013-04-08T18:31:49.011-05:002013-04-08T18:31:49.011-05:00Thank you, Liz. Your blog inspires me and exempli...Thank you, Liz. Your blog inspires me and exemplifies what a great blogging community can be. It made me so sad to know you were hurting. I wish you nothing but the best and look forward, as always, to your next post.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-52102167989210793662013-04-08T18:27:15.464-05:002013-04-08T18:27:15.464-05:00You have no idea how often I quote your writing to...You have no idea how often I quote your writing to people I know. Your words are so powerful and lovely and unflinchingly honest.<br /><br />Thank you again for volunteering your help with my recent essay. I did not make the LTYM show, but a site called Rewire Me bought it, and I'm recording it for my local public radio later this week! I'm not entirely sure that would be happening without your encouragement. You're great.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-22992402236604039652013-04-08T18:19:25.248-05:002013-04-08T18:19:25.248-05:00The first time I talked to a blogging friend on th...The first time I talked to a blogging friend on the phone it was nerve wracking. She even said to me, "I feel like I'm on a first date!" Writers are just more comfortable writing, I guess. <br /><br />But that said, if you ever come to Milwaukee and don't stop by? I will get pouty.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-36176146669051360892013-04-08T18:16:20.566-05:002013-04-08T18:16:20.566-05:00Thanks as always for reading, my bloggy friend Rac...Thanks as always for reading, my bloggy friend Rach!<br /><br />You introduced me to washi tape. And my projects are such freaky unwieldy things I don't know if there's much anyone else can learn from them. You make crafting look so efficient and orderly I always think "I want to do that!"Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-68511334119531088192013-04-08T18:07:59.265-05:002013-04-08T18:07:59.265-05:00Your blog touches so many. I'm sure you have ...Your blog touches so many. I'm sure you have only the vaguest idea of how many people your words make an impact upon. (I'm certainly grateful for it.)Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-59019145854688186292013-04-08T18:04:46.484-05:002013-04-08T18:04:46.484-05:00Navigating your boat voyage through Clio's can...Navigating your boat voyage through Clio's cancer with you through your blog has been harrowing, so I can't even fathom how you live it with such strength and humor. I'm proud to know you, in any context.<br /><br />Hope we can get together while I'm in your town soon! (Sign my copies of your books?)Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-62344134478605636852013-04-08T17:57:47.634-05:002013-04-08T17:57:47.634-05:00Thanks, Mama. (You're not biased at all!)Thanks, Mama. (You're not biased at all!)Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-64847598859636048422013-04-08T17:56:52.392-05:002013-04-08T17:56:52.392-05:00Poke around the Ebert Journal archive if you ever ...Poke around the Ebert Journal archive if you ever have the time (she said, knowing you have six kids and rooms that keep ending up with the walls torn down). Some wonderful stuff there.<br /><br />I don't buy for a minute that you are less entertaining in person.<br /><br />Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-91359835663465499082013-04-08T17:53:36.907-05:002013-04-08T17:53:36.907-05:00I miss you when you unplug! But then I picture yo...I miss you when you unplug! But then I picture you writing another wonderful short story that I will get to read and call it a sacrifice for art.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-78628496625649248512013-04-08T17:52:14.671-05:002013-04-08T17:52:14.671-05:00I agree. The people who don't understand why ...I agree. The people who don't understand why I make the effort to blog just don't know how meaningful it can be. And I think for certain groups of people, online communities can be essential because like-minded people may be few and far between.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-65115695989531154482013-04-08T17:46:45.860-05:002013-04-08T17:46:45.860-05:00Thanks, Ashley.Thanks, Ashley.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-72548824971756162382013-04-08T16:52:43.053-05:002013-04-08T16:52:43.053-05:00Oh Korinthia, thank you so much for your kind and ...Oh Korinthia, thank you so much for your kind and eloquent words as always. I understand this post so very. It's kind of funny to think of a distinction between "blogging" friends and IRL friends because honestly, some friends I've met online have become closer than any I met through work or at the kids' school, and truly, I see there more! We've discussed it, and there's something about connecting through our values and shared experiences that in a way can be more meaningful than connecting because we live on the same block or our children share a gymnastics coach.<br /><br />I guess there's all kinds of ways to make connections these days, and it's just one more. And you're right--we don't know who we impact and why. Just as I didn't know how you felt about my post; and just as Roger Ebert didn't know how I felt about him. <br /><br />You're amazing. Thank you.Mom101http://mom-101.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-44665193376769952622013-04-08T00:11:52.998-05:002013-04-08T00:11:52.998-05:00This strikes a chord. I often fight the feeling t...This strikes a chord. I often fight the feeling that I should be focusing on "real life." That my time spent on line - even though I feel like I have a good balance between computer time and other time - is wasted. It can be and then again there are these connections, these friendships, that couldn't have happened otherwise. And I agree with you 100%, there's killer writing on blogs. I've learned so much by reading them extensively.anymommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317877435130121894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-11980155934767974452013-04-07T15:26:39.496-05:002013-04-07T15:26:39.496-05:00First, thanks for linking the Roger Ebert blog. I...First, thanks for linking the Roger Ebert blog. I loved his writing and had no idea.<br /><br />I tell people about my blogs friends all the time and definitely consider you one of them. I've only told a few IRL friends about my blog.<br /><br />So one of our mutual blog friends Rach lives in Williamsburg VA and I've been there 3 times in the last month. As I walk around CW, where she runs every morning I've caught myself looking for her. I'm sure we'd be friend IRL, but I feel weird reaching out and asking for a face-to-face. Not sure why.<br /><br />I see something about violins and I think of you. I see a bug thing and I even think of your brother :) Green Day played at a concert site about 3 miles from our house and I immediately wondered if Mel from stirrup queens was there--she was :)Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162890081910497200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-89210583485375754512013-04-07T12:38:24.227-05:002013-04-07T12:38:24.227-05:00I've written similar things before. I've ...I've written similar things before. I've "met" so many wonderful people through blogging--folks who have come along and enriched my life. I refer to them as "friends" (yes, you're "my bloggy friend Korinthia") for I have no other way to identify them. <br /><br />Some of us put so much of ourselves into our blogs it's hard to not feel like you "know" them. <br /><br />As for the crafting thing? Well, I maintain YOU could teach ME a thing or two. ;o)Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317328366288947798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-68787821073636948042013-04-07T12:19:52.491-05:002013-04-07T12:19:52.491-05:00I believe that my life has been enlarged beyond wh...I believe that my life has been enlarged beyond what I could ever imagined through blogging so I completely understand and agree with what you have written. This was a beautiful memorial to Roger Ebert, btw. Grown and Flownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197775100930315454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-91031465880983501092013-04-07T10:07:20.552-05:002013-04-07T10:07:20.552-05:00I agree completely. I really do feel like blogging...I agree completely. I really do feel like blogging and social media make me feel more connected to other people, not less. Of course, it's not exactly a substitute for in-person interactions and relationships, but it's a wonderful supplement.<br /><br />That said, I hope we get a chance to meet in person -- very soon! (And thank you, of course, for your caring and concern re. Clio.)<br />Jane Roperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326626413173509209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-45348768545011553182013-04-06T09:50:52.083-05:002013-04-06T09:50:52.083-05:00You are a wonderful writer and I have learned a lo...You are a wonderful writer and I have learned a lot about you through reading...but you are still BEST in person. <br />curiosity cabinethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559760820918483128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-26971040030778724782013-04-05T19:26:35.586-05:002013-04-05T19:26:35.586-05:00Darn - I had no idea he had a blog! And I agree w...Darn - I had no idea he had a blog! And I agree with you, I wish the people I know IRL would read my blog, if only to be caught up on what is going on with me. It's tiresome to rehash it, and I'm more entertaining on my blog than in person.<br /><br />By the way, that finding time to get together thing? Doesn't get any easier when the kids get older, and I have no idea why.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-91738511394825023242013-04-05T19:18:32.976-05:002013-04-05T19:18:32.976-05:00I love that Roger Ebert piece. What an amazing man...I love that Roger Ebert piece. What an amazing man. I am often torn--I feel like the internet is the enemy of productivity, or of real interactions in the real world, or of going outside, or of paying attention, or of getting my ass off the sofa and out doing something, anything--and then I'm reminded how great it is. For one thing, it's how I met you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-72779606873071783732013-04-05T16:07:20.125-05:002013-04-05T16:07:20.125-05:00I love my virtual friends. I, too, think that the...I love my virtual friends. I, too, think that the internet has been a wonderful tool for building community because it is so much easier to find a large pool of people with whom you share common interests. Anyone who doubts the validity of online friendships has simply failed to experience one yet. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-24353355495245179072013-04-05T11:10:48.934-05:002013-04-05T11:10:48.934-05:00I can relate to this so much.I can relate to this so much.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274322927513770328noreply@blogger.com