tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post776847017464969660..comments2023-06-21T08:09:44.331-04:00Comments on This Is My Secret: The Blog and Website of Writer Kristin Cashore: In Which Schmetterling Is My New Favorite WordKristin Cashorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560274772312684672noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-2983979992849948752009-10-18T20:27:22.733-04:002009-10-18T20:27:22.733-04:00Gracias, Juan Antonio!Gracias, Juan Antonio!Kristin Cashorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560274772312684672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-60625633295813925332009-10-12T13:34:21.978-04:002009-10-12T13:34:21.978-04:00hola he pasado los días mas maravillosos leyendo t...hola he pasado los días mas maravillosos leyendo tu libro.<br /><br />no cambies nunca tu forma de escribir.<br /><br />espero tener otro libro entre mis manos tuyo.<br /><br />sin palabras es genial.<br /><br />un saludo y no cambies.JUAN ANTONIOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639049898515051303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-45574274174412896842009-09-23T19:39:48.602-04:002009-09-23T19:39:48.602-04:00Overwhelming emotion can often envelope those of a...Overwhelming emotion can often envelope those of a creative bent. The "high" of producing satisfactory creative output is often offset with a "down" period that leads to the need for a good cry or in my case pulling my 3 year old grandson in my lap so he can provide his own specific mood enhancing face smooching. In my grossly younger days, knocking people down on the basketball court seemed to provide a modicum of relief as well.ibpurpledragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712525365783628551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-23800945823467056712009-09-23T15:23:07.305-04:002009-09-23T15:23:07.305-04:00Everytime I feel like crying (or even when I want ...Everytime I feel like crying (or even when I want to write a sad chapter of a story) I listen to The Fountain’s soundtrack by Clint Mansell. It’s such an inspiration, specially the song ‘Together we will live forever’ (here’s the link if you want to listen to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZW4PCaxGS8). Hope everything’s going great =)<br /><br />EvansEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140190643538152532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-73560414264540122662009-09-23T12:55:57.310-04:002009-09-23T12:55:57.310-04:00Hello,
Kristin, I really enjoyed Graceling and am...Hello, <br />Kristin, I really enjoyed Graceling and am quite excited about Fire and Bitterblue. I hope writing is going well. I have also enjoyed periodically reading your blog and catching up. <br /><br />I know you mentioned you already got your cry in, but to share mine, I rarely cry about things in my own life but I bawl in movies and when reading books. During "Up," I teared up 3 times! And the little kids around me didn't understand. Some of my go-to cry movies include "P.S. I love you" (corny but I lose it when she returns from the funeral and calls the voicemail), Life is Beautiful (When he plays the opera out the window), and An Affair to Remember (classic and who doesn't love Cary Grant). <br /><br />Things I love:<br />1. Reading- I cease to exist and get to live someone else's life for a while, and if it has a happy ending, so much the better<br /><br />2. Walking into a book store, any book store. An overwhelming feeling of happiness settles on me. <br /><br />3. On rainy grey days, curling up at a window in a huge quilt, completely tucked in, with a book, so I can read and take breaks to watch/listen to the rain. On hot sunny days, eating lunch outside with a book and feeling the sun on my hair.<br /><br />4. My quote book! Katt M, you are a kindred spirit. I collect quotes and names that I like, that tickle me, or that I find wise or profound. I am already in volume two and leave both sitting on my coffee table. I often pick them up and open to a random spot and begin to read. <br />One of my favorite quotes is from Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock: "My dear, when are you going to realize that being normal isn't necessarily a good thing. It rather denotes a lack of courage..."<br /><br />5. Sour Candies: Sour Patch Kids, Sour Punch straws, SweetTarts. Mmm<br /><br />6. Going out to dinner with friends. This is only benefitted by sitting on the restaurant's patio and nursing a margarita for three hours while having a conversation with said friends that ranges all over the topic spectrum<br /><br />7. Bread, kudos to whoever invented bread, and to those on a no carb diet, I pity you. The 10 pounds you lose isn't worth the happiness you sacrifice :)<br /><br />8. Cheese, as well. Yum.<br /><br />9. 1950's style<br /><br />10. Old movies, especially musicals and those with Cary grant or Jimmy Stewart. Hence The Philadelphia Story is a favorite.<br /><br />11. Finally, Science Fiction. Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Shadow Series and Battlestar Galactica (the remake) especially.<br /><br />(And I have to confess while Smetterling is simply enchanting, farfalla made me thing of barf at first)<br />Regards,<br />MalloriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-8052967783587063432009-09-22T14:56:43.999-04:002009-09-22T14:56:43.999-04:00Everybody, these comments are making me happy. Th...Everybody, these comments are making me happy. Thank you! I especially love all the butterfly words and other new words. I got my cry in yesterday and I think everything's going to be okay. Jennifer, hope you get yours in, too!Kristin Cashorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560274772312684672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-7132802978902590622009-09-22T13:28:15.901-04:002009-09-22T13:28:15.901-04:00One thing I love...One look from my husband, he ha...One thing I love...One look from my husband, he has a little smile that is different from his every day one, one that is just for me. After 30yrs it still works.<br /><br />Petaluthia is the Greek word for Butterfly by the way.Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-63145508693846113832009-09-22T10:46:39.064-04:002009-09-22T10:46:39.064-04:00I absolutely need a good cry....
Q, I think that...I absolutely need a good cry.... <br /><br />Q, I think that Farfalla is such a beautiful name for butterfly, of course they all are aren't they...<br /><br />Here are some of the little things that I love:<br /><br />Sitting outside on the porch and just absorbing all of the sounds around me.<br /><br />Absorbing up the sunshine and feeling the wind in my hair.<br /><br />Standing still with my face tilted towards the pouring rain.<br /><br />Watching a child's face light up he/she recieves something as simple as a popsicle.<br /><br />The click clack/shuffle of my shoes on some type of stone.<br /><br />The sound of crunching leaves.<br /><br />The smell of fresh cut wood and grass.<br /><br />The smell of a library.<br /><br />The taste of a fresh bar of dark chocolate. <br /><br />And so much more...Jennifer C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09988970754881701368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-86855271939584484772009-09-22T06:25:31.973-04:002009-09-22T06:25:31.973-04:00I love Barber's Adagio for Strings. It's s...I love Barber's Adagio for Strings. It's so haunting and perfect. <br /><br />I also love the French word for today, just because of how it looks and sounds (not because of any profound affect the meaning has on me) - <i>aujourd'hui</i>. It's just lovely to look at.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08538340021788243462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-42973996447561578292009-09-22T00:49:39.955-04:002009-09-22T00:49:39.955-04:00If I watch Titanic from beginning to end, I'll...If I watch Titanic from beginning to end, I'll cry at the end. The same with The Fox and the Hound (when the old lady leaves Todd in the woods), and The Notebook. In fact, if I just feel like crying, it will easily come with any semi-emotional movie. Especially if I set myself up to it.<br /><br />Favorite things:<br />- lying between that stage of waking up and sleeping and listening to things go on around me; particularly my roommate moving around in the next room.<br />- reading a good book without anything else to do<br />- a day spend in my Chair writing away<br />- walking down the Lakeshore Path without headphones and listening to the water and the bikers and joggers<br />- pancakes for breakfast<br />- having a little bird sit on my shoulder or finger (my old parakeet used to do that a lot)<br />- meticulously peeling an orange<br />- reading a poem aloud<br />- playing with eye make upKThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04143205007252199289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-8905245678296914442009-09-22T00:28:25.866-04:002009-09-22T00:28:25.866-04:00i feel like that too sometimes, and everyone asks ...i feel like that too sometimes, and everyone asks what's wrong and its nothing really. just life...yes, up is amazing, to whoever wrote that i agree completely. i cried my eyes out. animals help, as well as reading outside somewhere private, just being alone. especially, for me, horses. riding or being around them is grounding. and reading, for some reason hunger games makes me cry, not because of the terrible things that happen. but peeta. he is so sweet. anyways...hope you get that crying out!Rhiannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-81121532965871090122009-09-21T23:45:24.479-04:002009-09-21T23:45:24.479-04:00When I feel like crying I listen to my favorite mu...When I feel like crying I listen to my favorite music-at the moment that would be Fireflies by Owl City, it is an awesome song-or I read a book, that always makes me feel better.<br />As for the things I like, hmmmmm:<br /><br />My pet snake, he always gets himself stuck in the strangest things (like the couch and airconditioning) and he looks completely innocent which makes me laugh. He also has the most amazing name :) Esau Nechash Asmodeus Jedidiah Hinkley Caesar Tiberius Morgan<br /><br />I also love my quote book. When I am feeling philosophical I pull it out and read it to people, or if I just want a good laugh.<br /><br />My worry stone is very nice also, I like rubbing it. Although one of these days it is going to be rubbed away.<br /><br />I also love snow! It is comepletely amazing and makes me happy no matter what.<br /><br />:D KattKatt M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-17538021962701274532009-09-21T23:13:09.775-04:002009-09-21T23:13:09.775-04:00Y.....You're coming to the University Bookstor...Y.....You're coming to the University Bookstore in Seattle....<br /><br />THAT IS WHAT I LOVE.<br /><br />But why can't I find it on their website??mysteryflavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097545626844719941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-15433576313690630862009-09-21T22:50:13.633-04:002009-09-21T22:50:13.633-04:00I literally just finished reading Graceling and im...I literally just finished reading Graceling and immediately googled to see if you had another book with Katsa and Po. I'm love. I read this book in 24 hours, non-stop. <br /><br />I just wanted you to know that you officially have one more die-hard fan in me :)<br /><br />-KaeliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-73423873692991567552009-09-21T21:37:52.733-04:002009-09-21T21:37:52.733-04:00Schmetterling is beautiful. Currently my favorite ...Schmetterling is beautiful. Currently my favorite word in another language is "puella" (pronounced pooh-wella) which is little girl in Latin. I don't know why, but it is. <br /><br />For a good cry I always watch Moulin Rouge by myself. If someone is with me I tend not to cry in movies, but by myself I will bawl, and Moulin Rouge will always get to me no matter how many times I see it.Claudiahttp://claudiaberger.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-13502401781281047572009-09-21T19:30:12.087-04:002009-09-21T19:30:12.087-04:00What I love: reading in my little nook where the m...What I love: reading in my little nook where the moonlight comes in and shines on my page (and this is why i lose my eyesight). <br /><br />Dancing, writing, singing...<br /><br />I just realized that my passions are all the arts.<br /><br />Isn't it a lovely day?<br /><br />~AndreaAndreahttp://bookchomperreviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-15364811998153789772009-09-21T14:51:31.370-04:002009-09-21T14:51:31.370-04:00Things I do/love/need:
-Listening to classic old s...Things I do/love/need:<br />-Listening to classic old songs that I haven't heard in months or years.. And then, changing the song half way through so I can hear another old song. <br />-The taste of grapes.<br />-Admiring the indentations of the ring I don't go a day without.<br />-My mom's voice, though I wish she'd stop talking every once in awhile.<br />-Friends who love movies and use their hands to give me an entire synopsis of any movie we may view ;)<br />-Sisters who let you steal their clothes<br />-Dehydrated Kale chips that taste like cheese<br />-Quinoa salad<br />-Vinegar as hair conditioner<br />-Old people (totally second you Jennah!)<br />-Good pictures of myself with family<br />-Nap time<br />-My papa when he's sick (so cute)<br />-Listening to my mom talk to her plants (they really do talk back-- I swear. I don't know anyone else who can nurture a plant with their words and then have it change its growth pattern entirely)<br />-My brother's handsome awkwardness<br />-Reading other's fantasies, because I can't imagine my own. I have life fantasies like living in Italy someday, but nothing unreal.<br /><br />--candelion<br /><br />new word (from word verification):<br />cruslygoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-27649850366063785202009-09-21T13:01:41.892-04:002009-09-21T13:01:41.892-04:00When I really want to cry but can't seem to pu...When I really want to cry but can't seem to pull it off, I watch that part in Little Women where you know who dies. I don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it! But actually, almost everything makes me cry, so it's not usually a problem for me.<br /><br />I just barely decorated my apartment for Halloween, and the soft orange glow of the pumpkin lights at night makes me happy inside.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852850044048647304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-46393922633399900732009-09-21T12:56:38.021-04:002009-09-21T12:56:38.021-04:00Yea! I am so happy to have contributed a new favor...Yea! I am so happy to have contributed a new favorite word!<br /><br />Sometimes I wish I were like Holly Hunter on Broadcast News. Each morning she unplugs the phone, sobs uncontrollably for ten minutes, then wipes her eyes and gets on with her stressful day. But, I usually need something to get me going too like the song Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton or the movie Steel Magnolias.<br /><br /><br />Things I Love:<br />My Jack Russell Terrier on my lap while I type.<br />All the red and yellow leaves up here in the mountains right now.<br />Looking at kids Halloween costumes.<br />The perfect chocolate cupcake.JillinPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966822751707723351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-77085592991043754922009-09-21T12:55:20.365-04:002009-09-21T12:55:20.365-04:00The soundtrack to Zefferelli's Romeo and Julie...The soundtrack to Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet is very sob-inducing as is the last act of La Boheme! For books, I go to the last few chapers of Anne of Green Gables and to Rose in Bloom where she loses her cousin (I won't say which one) or the Pullman book where Sally Lockhart loses her dog.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-60518734269391292652009-09-21T12:50:31.450-04:002009-09-21T12:50:31.450-04:00Things I love:
Being greeted by a toothless, grin...Things I love:<br /><br />Being greeted by a toothless, grinning, red-headed baby boy every morning.<br /><br />The sound a hardback book makes when you open it for the first time<br /><br />The smell of ink on paper (of any age--new is my favorite)<br /><br />Music<br /><br />Halloween<br /><br />Daisy, my rat terrier<br /><br />Chocolate<br /><br />Community Coffee with a dash of Hershey's Chocolate Caramel cream by International Delight<br /><br />The feel of one of my husband's warm hugs after a hard dayMelissaKeasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795508209041567064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-69722345361241111492009-09-21T12:39:11.996-04:002009-09-21T12:39:11.996-04:00If you want to get a good cry out of your system a...If you want to get a good cry out of your system and you have time for a movie, go see Pixar's "Up." OMG. I haven't cried that hard in a movie maybe ever. In four minutes the animators gave the most gorgeous and respectful depiction of a simple, happy life and marriage I've ever seen. And if you want a viewing buddy in the Cambridge area, I'm free!<br /><br />(Other little things I love:<br />-The creative places my husband arranges the tiny wooden sheep in our kitchen every morning: http://tinyurl.com/n9vjhs<br />-The woodpeckers in the trees outside my office<br />-Rushing through a series of books that I've fallen in love with. (Currently the Julian Kestral mysteries by Kate Ross.)<br />-Copyediting<br />-Those sour belt candies from the Sweet Factory at malls<br />-My collection of vintage photos, especially the wedding pictures from the 20s. I love to make up my own story behind the picture.)Kate F.http://kateflaim.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-1804919548890896322009-09-21T12:31:50.642-04:002009-09-21T12:31:50.642-04:00And Eid Mubarak (yesterday), as well!And Eid Mubarak (yesterday), as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-1294061248702723522009-09-21T11:10:29.288-04:002009-09-21T11:10:29.288-04:00When I need a good cry, I go back to a book I read...When I need a good cry, I go back to a book I read for the first time--oh, a good 20 years ago. (Yes, I feel old.) Bridge to Terabithia is a quick read, and the emotional pain of loss is handled so simply and beautifully I find myself crying my eyes out. That's my go-to tear-jerker.Rebecca McKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17310276170780281950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228273369846378320.post-71270101666586993702009-09-21T08:42:32.073-04:002009-09-21T08:42:32.073-04:00Have you ever noticed that "butterfly" i...Have you ever noticed that "butterfly" is a beautiful word in any language? At least, all the ones <i>I</i> know it in.<br /><br />Farfalla<br />Mariposa<br />Schmetterling<br />Butterfly<br />Papillon<br />Vlinder<br />Borboleta<br /><br />I don't know much of languages outside of Europe--anyone else know if "butterfly" is beautiful there, too?Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08756447854917857756noreply@blogger.com