Comments for Marginalia

Comment on Wounded by Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:57:28 +0000

Thank you for this, Kitty. I too am having trouble. It is so hard. If it makes you feel any better, your comment on this year-old blog post made me go back and read said blog post – and see my own words, see that nothing’s changed inside me, although things are worse outside me. Surely there is something to be said for steady in this world. Sending peaceful vibes. Thank you again.

Comment on Wounded by Kitty Lynn

Kitty Lynn — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 13:52:12 +0000

I think about this post often and find that it still haunts me almost a year later. I wrote a long response to it. I was motivated by the words that poured from your heart, because I feel that outpouring too from all over. More often, I feel helpless to make the world better. Friends tell me that they too want too quit their jobs to rally for the environment, for social justice, for inclusion and for peace. Really being here is a balance of pain and healing. Thank you for all your writing.

Comment on Soothing the Reader by Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:48:04 +0000

Me too!

Comment on Soothing the Reader by Anne

Anne — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:25:44 +0000

My daughter has been a voracious reader since she was a child. She’s developed this habit I’ve only recently noticed. When she gets consumed by a novel she purposely stops about a quarter of the way to the end.

Why’d you stop? I ask.
I don’t want it to end. She says.

She’ll mull over the story, anticipate the possible conclusions and a day or two later come to the resolution that it’s time and she’ll read the ending. And she almost always says: still don’t want it to end.

That’s the book I’d like to write.

Comment on Walls, Doors and Windows by Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 13:05:08 +0000

Thank you, Rachel.

Comment on Walls, Doors and Windows by Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 13:04:21 +0000

Oh, but if I only could read your diary…

Comment on Walls, Doors and Windows by Maria Keffler

Maria Keffler — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:41:28 +0000

You’ve been reading my diary, I see. I really appreciated this. Thank you.

Comment on Walls, Doors and Windows by Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:13:52 +0000

Love this post. Thank you. Feel such a calm after reading it. Lately I alternate between crazy swings of jealousy, frustration, irritation and swooning love as I survey all the books I wish I’d written, all the lovely children’s book illustrators I wish were illustrating my stories…Twitter can make me feel connected to other writers and the urgency and energy of all of us writing but can also absolutely make me see walls, doors and windows. I forget the fun of writing. The joy the page brings me. The contentment I feel away from all that noise. Thanks for this kind guidance.

Comment on Walls, Doors and Windows by Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:22:10 +0000

I need to remind myself too.

Comment on Walls, Doors and Windows by Two Lane Lady

Two Lane Lady — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:17:39 +0000

Thank you so much for this. I really needed to hear this right now.