tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post8416017451352162970..comments2023-08-27T10:54:42.777-05:00Comments on sand creek almanac: Now where was I?Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-74201977285312135072011-02-10T08:55:29.419-06:002011-02-10T08:55:29.419-06:00Rabbi- I can relate to a lot of what you're sa...Rabbi- I can relate to a lot of what you're saying. I'm not good at small talk, although I have learned enough to get by, and I express myself better online. In the six years I've been blogging I have made friends with people from California to Florida to Nunavut. I have even gotten to know a couple Minnesotans whom I eventually met in person. <br /><br />Cat Herder- I love your name! I'm somewhat of a cat herder myself. I keep thinking of Peggy too. I can't imagine her without Jim.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-52016162626516918482011-02-04T17:24:57.920-06:002011-02-04T17:24:57.920-06:00i hear ya....i was browsing my old blog posts and ...i hear ya....i was browsing my old blog posts and started thinking, WHEN DID I GET OLD..omg my husband and i used to do so much...since i left my job in sept...ive been a slug..other than cooking and cleaning and tending our cat herd..we do NOTHING..and i mean NOTHING..he works 6 days a week, and it has snowed every wed. that he has had off for almost 2 months..im going CRAZY...and i too was just floored when i found out jim had passed....my hubby and i have been together 30 years..and all i could think of was peggy without jim....and me without my hubby if something happened...i have never met jim in person, but it really struck a chord with me, i did cry. feel better...spring is coming..hopefully we will all snap out of this.CatHerderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933478666953462356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-72742820026001014332011-02-03T18:13:32.499-06:002011-02-03T18:13:32.499-06:00So sorry for your loss, Deb. I do not think it is...So sorry for your loss, Deb. I do not think it is strange at all to mourn an online friend -- I have many Net friends whom I've never met in person. In fact, I KNOW I have more online friends than face-to-face ones at this point in my life. <br /><br />What a lot of people who live around here do not realize is that I am a high-functioning autistic person (Asperger's.) All they see are my odd mannerisms, lack of eye contact, intense speech patterns, etc., a tendency to go on and on about a subject, an inability to pick up nonverbal social cues, etc. Add to this the fact that I'm Jewish and not originally from Minnesota, and well, I come off as the local eccentric misfit. People are nice to me here, they are polite (after all, I've been on TV, I've published 5 books), but we rarely get beyond the weather and "How's your garden doing?"<br /><br />On the Internet, I meet people who are actually INTERESTED in my writing. They they can simply read my words and see that behind all my cultural and neurological weirdness is a person with a brain. The Internet has fred me to really be who I am inside. I would say right now that my very best friendships are online, some of them living on the other side of the globe, but I love them all.Rabbi Gershomhttp://rooster613.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-50422561343901796422011-02-03T08:57:35.007-06:002011-02-03T08:57:35.007-06:00Robin Andrea- Thanks. I'm glad you and Roger a...Robin Andrea- Thanks. I'm glad you and Roger are still posting too!<br /><br />Barefoot- You are one wise woman. Thanks!<br /><br />Muffy's Marks- Thanks, and welcome to Sand Creek! <br /><br />Pablo- I promise, I won't make you wait so long in the future. Thanks for hanging in there.<br /><br />Jayne- Thank you, my friend! <br /><br />Webb- I was just looking back at posts from this time last year, and I think your first comment here was on my "blogiversary" post. Hope you're staying warm there!<br /><br />FC- I think it's going on six years; you were among the first commenters here. Let's see...my kids were 7, 5, and 3 then. Wow! I enjoy all of your posts too, and it's been great watching your kids graduate from high school and become successful young adults. You done good! <br /><br />Now I have to go back and find the shower post for a good laugh.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-59045085181460493332011-02-02T20:20:31.250-06:002011-02-02T20:20:31.250-06:00Sorry for your loss Deb. Didn't "know&quo...Sorry for your loss Deb. Didn't "know" Jim via blogging, but I know what you mean about feeling real friendship with folks you have never met. <br />How long have we been reading each other? 4-5 years?<br />I love reading your posts. If you were standing out here you might have a clearer view of how you, your home, your kids, and your life has morphed in that time.<br />Why, I still remember the speechless comment of Pablo when you blogged about your outdoor shower.<br />Personally, I especially enjoy hearing how great your kids are doing and how busy they keep you.<br />Reminds me of my life up until very recently.<br />You are doing just fine.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-73150360642652660012011-02-02T13:58:57.463-06:002011-02-02T13:58:57.463-06:00And a warm (today only) hug from Virginia. You wr...And a warm (today only) hug from Virginia. You write beautifully. Happy 6th!webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-19884672744869782192011-02-02T06:03:57.373-06:002011-02-02T06:03:57.373-06:00I didn't know Jim, but I do know I've made...I didn't know Jim, but I do know I've made real connections with people through my blog and would feel exactly the same way my friend. <br /><br />And I agree with the gardener..."the times we can't see it is when we grow the most."<br /><br />Warm, gentle hugs to you today my friend.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-15126548659500457772011-02-02T05:44:39.240-06:002011-02-02T05:44:39.240-06:00Your posts are worth waiting for.Your posts are worth waiting for.Pablohttp://www.roundrockjournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-9559045069857584502011-02-01T21:48:49.613-06:002011-02-01T21:48:49.613-06:00I love your photography.I love your photography.Muffy's Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826630430126318583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-83799915110575879592011-02-01T21:13:33.065-06:002011-02-01T21:13:33.065-06:00I knew you would find the words when you were read...I knew you would find the words when you were ready.<br /><br />And you have grown. I think that the times we can't see it is when we grow the most....<br /><br />Happy Blogiversary!barefoot gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089017268890241495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-44794677970415063642011-02-01T20:48:26.936-06:002011-02-01T20:48:26.936-06:00We missed our 6th blogiversary as well, Deb. And, ...We missed our 6th blogiversary as well, Deb. And, Jim's death absolutely knocked us out. We cried and cried about that news. What you say so eloquently here, we felt about Jim as well. We never met him, but he was as real to us as any of the folks we have ever known. Such a loss. <br /><br />Happy blogiversary, Deb. I'm glad you're still posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com