tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post6949141996655728277..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: A Conversation with Friendsalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-63176815153505578912008-01-19T16:39:00.000+00:002008-01-19T16:39:00.000+00:00oh yes. It's the same for me too. I've mentioned...oh yes. It's the same for me too. I've mentioned to a couple of my friend about the blog... but if they looked at it they didn't say. it's like I'm this different person, but I'm not. I can't explain it... but it's exactly they way you described it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-15816519080535689272008-01-17T22:02:00.000+00:002008-01-17T22:02:00.000+00:00I think that if and when you are ready, you will s...I think that if and when you are ready, you will share it.<BR/><BR/>I was pretty open from the beginning, and don't really divulge anything I wouldn't tell people in real life. Still, sometimes someone who knows me well will say, "I didn't know that about you!" So, it opens up windows to myself that I didn't even know I was keeping shut.carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-73793049252322547302008-01-16T04:05:00.000+00:002008-01-16T04:05:00.000+00:00So, I was about to write "Alice, I know exactly wh...So, I was about to write <BR/>"Alice, I know exactly what you mean, although you express it more eloquently than I ever could" except that driftwood got there first. And said it more elegantly than I would have:-)<BR/><BR/>On occasion I am almost tempted to say to someone I know here --- "oh, you can find that on my blog".... and then I bite my tongue....<BR/><BR/><BR/>N.BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-85772132065892504732008-01-16T02:31:00.000+00:002008-01-16T02:31:00.000+00:00Oh, this is so, so interesting! Hearing your pers...Oh, this is so, so interesting! Hearing your perspective, Alice (beautifully stated), and then the wonderful insights of so many others. I also have been reluctant to tell people I know about my blog (started in late November). Other than my husband, my family doesn't know yet either. And it was only the other day that I told anyone that I actually know - and that was in the context of Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856059092385320470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-25261219346550744062008-01-15T22:05:00.000+00:002008-01-15T22:05:00.000+00:00But I bet they would love to read your blog..........But I bet they would love to read your blog........... and leave you lots of wonderful comments!do you mind if i knithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515571548024816738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-36754960579317264522008-01-15T21:12:00.000+00:002008-01-15T21:12:00.000+00:00I feel very much the same way. My family know abou...I feel very much the same way. My family know about my blog, but very few others - oddly, some old friends who no longer live nearby but no-one I see on a regular basis. I am happy with that for now.dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-66573893785956108672008-01-15T17:40:00.000+00:002008-01-15T17:40:00.000+00:00That's so strange as I just told one of my best fr...That's so strange as I just told one of my best friends about mine last week. I found it very tough to do and it felt like admitting some kind of betrayal. My family read my blog and it does me that I have to be careful what I say so that I don't cause unnecessary worry for them being so far away.Linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046491553565573954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-51328323925423680242008-01-15T14:50:00.000+00:002008-01-15T14:50:00.000+00:00Interesting.... i told my family and friends right...Interesting.... i told my family and friends right away. My Aunts immediately became my first audience, then my sisters. This has replaced letters and emails to my family (and the Christmas letter). I have given alot of people my url. The only people i don't tell are the ones i work with...although I have shared with some of my friends at work. I wonder what this means? this difference in Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957439866764235491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-50270000307775862222008-01-15T14:21:00.000+00:002008-01-15T14:21:00.000+00:00It's early.You are still finding your voice in blo...It's early.<BR/>You are still finding your voice in blog-world.<BR/>Sometimes it's easier to tell friends about later - "I've been keeping an online journal..."<BR/>Most of my friends didn't know what a blog WAS.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-32732957944477104522008-01-15T13:16:00.000+00:002008-01-15T13:16:00.000+00:00A handful of people in my life know about my blog....A handful of people in my life know about my blog. And I have to tell you, I sometimes feel like I have to censor what I say because of it. At the same time, it was very odd for me to feel as though I was "hiding" it too. I'm not ashamed of anything, so why the secrecy? I think for me, personally, I'm a much shyer person in a conversation than I am on paper or online. People in my life may be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-44369687236926862562008-01-15T13:11:00.000+00:002008-01-15T13:11:00.000+00:00It's a very odd phenomenon and you have captured a...It's a very odd phenomenon and you have captured and expressed it perfectly.<BR/><BR/>'Writing a blog can actually alter the person that you are' - still thinking about that statement. Perhaps for me it is more a case that having written it down, you gain some perspective on what has been under your nose all this while.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-57541434757195806982008-01-15T12:24:00.000+00:002008-01-15T12:24:00.000+00:00As long as you find your comfort level, thats all ...As long as you find your comfort level, thats all that matters. No everyone you know need know about your blog. Everyone need a place of their own, a thing of their own creation, and it is up to each individual how it is share with other, or not shared as the case may be. Blogging creates a unique circle of friendship and community. Many in our "real" day-to-day lives might not understand it. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179096002434748927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-82540251016503441732008-01-15T11:26:00.000+00:002008-01-15T11:26:00.000+00:00I know exactly what you mean, Alice. Like you, I f...I know exactly what you mean, Alice. Like you, I feel like my blog is a big part of my life...but it's also an 'other life' if that makes sense and the result can be that sometimes by deciding to not mention it to friends, it almost feels tantamount to having an affair as it has become such a very big part of myself that I'm choosing not to reveal. <BR/><BR/>Most people don't know...but some Florence Knapp (Flossie Teacakes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09024138702384185444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-35721118533152637292008-01-15T11:05:00.000+00:002008-01-15T11:05:00.000+00:00Snap, I haven't told friends or family about Willo...Snap, I haven't told friends or family about Willow House and doubt I ever will. Of course my husband and children know about it but that is it. I don't really know why I haven't told anyone else but I guess it might have something to do with not having to explain the why's and wherefores of it all.<BR/>carolyn<BR/>http://willowhouse.typepad.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-70992534556747160172008-01-15T10:56:00.000+00:002008-01-15T10:56:00.000+00:00It's strange, I feel exactly the same too. I have...It's strange, I feel exactly the same too. I have recently confided in a couple of close friends about my blog, but I am certainly not ready to give them the means to reading it and because none of them really know what it's all about it is unlikely that they will find me in blogland. And as for family...no way!<BR/>I'm really enjoying a little privacy, so to speak, after feeling as though I dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956813648763032057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-2856492743162909042008-01-15T10:31:00.000+00:002008-01-15T10:31:00.000+00:00Well now you and Tracey have both written so well ...Well now you and Tracey have both written so well about this phenomenon as it affects me as well. And like driftwood none of my family know about my blog and neither do many friends.<BR/><BR/>I am not sure why I am so protective about it - and my privacy as regards it - but I am. I think it is because - and I am articulating this for the first time - that only other bloggers really get it.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-63419967946221504402008-01-15T09:27:00.001+00:002008-01-15T09:27:00.001+00:00It is a record of your thoughts and moments that m...It is a record of your thoughts and moments that make an impact on you. It is also a well considered and created picture of your life - I think about each and every word and edit myself severely before I press the publish button. I'm certain that you do the same. On other levels it is an on-going open conversation that you have with yourself, allowing others to join.<BR/>It doesn't need to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-24540016422367324992008-01-15T09:27:00.000+00:002008-01-15T09:27:00.000+00:00Alice, I know exactly what you mean, although you ...Alice, I know exactly what you mean, although you express it more eloquently than I ever could. <BR/><BR/>none of my friends or even family know about my blog either. it's almost like we have a private little world almost where we can learn about ourselves and others, that we're not ready to share with the "outside" world yet.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908739057086813722noreply@blogger.com