Comments on: Huh. Wow. So this is what the internet looks like. I’d nearly forgotten.

By: writtenwyrdd

writtenwyrdd — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:16:01 +0000

“And then there are the book revisions. It’s astonishing how much less painful they can be without the worldly web tempting me at every turn.”

I hate my wireless because of this tendency. I just have to know (every three seconds it seems) if someone has posted, writtten me or commented on my blog.

Sorry to hear about the massive screwups you’ve been dealing with. What a painful process. And it sounds rather like my mother dealing with her medigap insurance coverage change this year.

By: sandi shelton

sandi shelton — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:43:36 +0000

So good you are back. I’ve been taking a little break from the blogosphere myself, and I owe all my pen pals a letter. Why is it so hard to start up again?! But I am inspired by having you back, and so I shall go back as well. Loved your flower pictures!

By: Caryn Caldwell

Caryn Caldwell — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:16:38 +0000

@Katie – I do that, too! Public libraries are good for that, too. In fact, I can find the library in every one of our most-visited towns and cities. I even have my favorite places to set up shop in each of them.

@Alyssa – Thanks! And, yeah, the unconnected days were rather refreshing, I have to say.

@Conda – Had to laugh at your “Who wants to use this?” I was introduced to the internet in college, and while I thought it was kind of neat I certainly didn’t feel a need to have it at home. Now I not only must have it, but it has to be high speed, wireless, and handy at all hours of the day and night!

By: Conda V. Douglas

Conda V. Douglas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:01:51 +0000

Oh dear, Caryn. I’m sooo dependent on the Internet. And not just for blogging, or writing, I conduct some of my exercise business via the net. Ugh. When I first started I thought, “Who wants to use this?” Boy, that was a while ago…

By: Alyssa Goodnight

Alyssa Goodnight — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:23:54 +0000

You have been missed! But a few ‘unconnected’ days every now and then is definitely a good thing.

By: Katie Reus

Katie Reus — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:22:25 +0000

I’m shuddering as I read this Even when we go on vacation I usually find a coffee shop to check my email (I have an addiction).

By: Caryn Caldwell

Caryn Caldwell — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:36:23 +0000

@Dru – I’m getting better at going for a while with the computer off. Funny how a few days of cold turkey internet withdrawal makes it easier to stay unplugged.

@Keri & Mari – Thanks! I’m glad, too!

@Courtney – That sounds like a good way to be. Even when I was without the internet I still hunted up ways to check my email most days. At least I wasn’t getting as much because I wasn’t sending as much!

By: Mari

Mari — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:07:12 +0000

I felt the same way the last time our power went out. Glad you’re back!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:19:57 +0000

One of the things about being at my best girlfriend’s house that I enjoy is that I have very limited internet access. She is pretty anti-internet and so I check my email maybe once every few days and then let it go. Which is where I’m at now. It’s a little bit refreshing to not be tied to the computer 24/7 even if the ties are completely voluntary.

That said, I’m really glad to have you back. The internet just isn’t the same without you.

By: Keri Mikulski

Keri Mikulski — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:52:17 +0000

Yikes!! Glad you’re back.