tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post7606040411915997842..comments2023-10-24T06:55:48.859-07:00Comments on HERE, WHERE I AM: Kitchen Meditations: MAKING STOCK, TAKING STOCKKathryn Stripling Byerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-33692680623456760182010-02-12T07:16:21.079-08:002010-02-12T07:16:21.079-08:00Hello to all you dear ones! I'm just back fro...Hello to all you dear ones! I'm just back from crowning Cathy Smith Bowers as our new NC Poet Laureate and so have been away from my blog for several days. Thank you all so very much. These are moving and beautiful comments. I think I may make portions of them a post in itself. You have raised my winter spirits immensely. <br /> More snow on its way. More work of winter to do--clearing the driveway at the top of the list.<br /> My love and hugs to all of you1<br /> And James, so great to see you again in the comments and to receive news about Confluence! More later, KayKathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-34233509384605992452010-02-11T05:49:17.104-08:002010-02-11T05:49:17.104-08:00Kay, no matter what, you'll outlive us all.Kay, no matter what, you'll outlive us all.James D. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803818692719733274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-48620904420784713882010-02-08T09:44:47.816-08:002010-02-08T09:44:47.816-08:00such a terrific post :) and for those of us somewh...such a terrific post :) and for those of us somewhat younger poets, it does give me solace to know that we are always ones to have questioning minds. To wonder. <br /><br />My favorite use of the word stock is to "put up in stocks" like the medieval punishment.jessie cartyhttp://jessiecarty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-74933187266560728902010-02-07T23:47:52.759-08:002010-02-07T23:47:52.759-08:00Oh, Kay, you say so beautifully what I am thinking...Oh, Kay, you say so beautifully what I am thinking. Now what? Your work is known far and wide and highly respected, but like all of us, you seem to have your own misgivings. <br />In a culture where youth is reverred more than wisdom of elders,we have a fear that our work will no longer matter, but your work will endure, your poetry will be here for generations to come. Those children who had the good fortune to have you, the Poet Laureate, come to their schools and write poetry with them, will always remember you.<br />I'll remember this post. I'll print it and read it again and again, because you speak my thoughts and fears.Glenda Council Beallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778241689968750316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-64818283984681508052010-02-07T14:07:38.175-08:002010-02-07T14:07:38.175-08:00This makes me wonder, Kay, how the term "stoc...This makes me wonder, Kay, how the term "stocks" came into being--when naughty folks were put into the stocks as punishment. Probably a different root (pun) as the other stocks are all nourishing--stock as broth, stock at livestock, stock as summary, stock at the root of the matter. The work of winter is very fine work indeed, a reminder that we need to live in sync with the season and not fret about what we'd rather be doing. Very wise words.Charlotte Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09584389308420834826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-68817059285898147612010-02-07T09:51:17.513-08:002010-02-07T09:51:17.513-08:00I'm all for your doing a book of Kitchen Medit...I'm all for your doing a book of Kitchen Meditations! In poetry and prose, perhaps. <br /><br />(My word verification is crema -- as in cream of the crop. An omen?Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-37104019039971920342010-02-07T09:34:19.697-08:002010-02-07T09:34:19.697-08:00Dreams - lately mine have been so vivid and I feel...Dreams - lately mine have been so vivid and I feel as if they are trying to tell me something more than ever before....sometimes it makes me nervous - and others I wake up a bit awed....<br /><br />I wish I could know more of my family - I'd love to "take stock" and go through old letters, photos, etc....I do have one batch of old photos of people I do not know who they are - one day I need to write them a history -it seems they call for itKathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-42668436592828644402010-02-07T09:33:15.518-08:002010-02-07T09:33:15.518-08:00Kay, this lovely post really speaks to me. Thinki...Kay, this lovely post really speaks to me. Thinking about "recognition" is something we all do, but, in my recent effort to "name the enemies" that prevent me from writing, I probably should have identified that same kind of taunting voice that you so aptly describe here. <br /><br />This morning in church, for the children's sermon, because I sit up with the praise band and am a convenient "target," my pastor actually asked me to tell the children what I do for a living! I literally guffawed, because I certainly don't feed my family through my writing ... at least, not bread on the table kind of feeding, anyway (and isn't how we define "a living" so odd, when you think about it?). But the answer he was looking for was "writing," which I gave him and then he explained to the children that I had been called to write. <br /><br />Have I been called to write, but not to be read? I often wonder (and am often discouraged because of it) ... and how could he be so certain about my "calling" when I am sometimes so uncertain?<br /><br />Yes, this post of yours is a most serendipitous find for me today. And let me echo the sentiment that Vicki expressed about your work being "beautiful, true and timeless." I guess it is good to know that even someone as accomplished and gifted as you are has these moments too. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-51537767586314936612010-02-07T08:59:52.140-08:002010-02-07T08:59:52.140-08:00Thank you, Vicki. Your blog does the same for me...Thank you, Vicki. Your blog does the same for me, as does all your other writing, no matter how much it plumbs the dark side of us all. <br /> I try to take a look at your blog every day, even if I don't leave a comment. <br /> I'm serious about trying to put together a set of Kitchen Meditations. My grandmother smiling down from my kitchen wall thinks it's a good idea. She doesn't care that my kitchen's a mess.<br /> Abrazos, KKathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-28462754582654368942010-02-07T07:36:18.054-08:002010-02-07T07:36:18.054-08:00What a beautiful meditation, Kay!
I love the ima...What a beautiful meditation, Kay! <br /><br />I love the images --and it's true -- moving into the 'Golden Years' does rather force one to take stock.<br /><br />Of course we'd all like more recognition for what we do ( though you WERE Poet Laureate -- a pretty big plume in your bonnet.) <br /><br />Another little old lady poet? Like, say, Emily Dickinson? In my opinion your work is beautiful, true, and timeless.<br />I haven't a clue about the world of poetry. In my corner of the writing world, there are bestselling mysteries that I personally find unreadable, whose titles make me gag on their cuteness. But these are the books that sell in the millions while mine are appreciated by the select few. ;-)<br /><br />But I can only write what I write -- and dig in my garden and take joy in my life.<br /><br />Your blog gives me joy.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.com