tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post112145764325367769..comments2023-10-31T12:05:02.496+00:00Comments on katieallisongranju: who?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1151412831350545332006-06-27T12:53:00.000+00:002006-06-27T12:53:00.000+00:00Hi, Katie. I'm a freelance copyeditor and practiti...Hi, Katie. I'm a <A HREF="http://www.kokedit.com" REL="nofollow">freelance copyeditor</A> and practitioner of attachment parenting living on Long Island in New York State. My kids are 23, 11, and 4; I've been married to my current husband for 13 years. (My first husband is the father of my oldest child.) I read your book, <I>Attachment Parenting</I>, and loved it, after having been an APer all these years. I've recommended it to lots of people. I was happy to stumble across your blog.Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1151357283016766912006-06-26T21:28:00.000+00:002006-06-26T21:28:00.000+00:00HelloI'm Philip. 26 year old single, caucasian ma...Hello<BR/>I'm Philip. 26 year old single, caucasian male from Memphis, TN. <BR/><BR/>I really don't remember how I got to your blog originally. I have it bookmarked in my blog list. I come and read every once in a while.<BR/><BR/>I am also a blogger:<BR/>http://lifeinaroundmemphis.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>As the 81st person to post a comment here, I'm sure that you've moved on and are tired of reading these. But thanks for the opportunity to identify ourselves.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136772786084220163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1151348889848575782006-06-26T19:08:00.000+00:002006-06-26T19:08:00.000+00:00Hi, I'm Libby, I live in Seattle, and am a single ...Hi, I'm Libby, I live in Seattle, and am a single mom of one alternately fabulous and exasperating almost 9 year old girl. I googled you after reading your essay in the NYT a while back and have been hooked ever since. Love your writing and your take on things, and love that you are both a devoted mom and a devoted music fan (as am I) and that you post every day. I'm a fan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1151343598405622942006-06-26T17:39:00.000+00:002006-06-26T17:39:00.000+00:00I'm Karrie, 34, married, with a 2 year old son, Ma...I'm Karrie, 34, married, with a 2 year old son, Maximus. I'm trying to launch a freelance writing career and have found a lot of inspiration by reading the words of mothers who write. I found your blog after randomly checking out links on another writer's blog, and continue to visit because you update often and several of the conversations in the comment field have been interesting to follow.<BR/><BR/>I'm finishing a degree in Sociology, and spend a great deal of time online since half of my courseload is taught in a we based format. I keep several windows open (Mamasink being one of them) and habitually reload interesting discussions when I need to take a break from more academic stuff. (Which is often!)karriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296823423014444325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1151341752031716462006-06-26T17:09:00.000+00:002006-06-26T17:09:00.000+00:00I am Catherine, local, single and childless (for n...I am Catherine, local, single and childless (for now). I work at the Metro Pulse as you did once and found your blog from Knoxblab or Bubbablab or Metroblab, I can't really remember when it was. I wrote to you once for with questions about blogging and blogspot specifically and you never responded. I wanted to think you were a horrible jerk of a person and hate you, but really I'm not that kind of a person and you dont really see like you are either, so it never worked out. I don't always agree with what you say but we like a lot of the same things. We are always at the same shows and know all the same people, but I don't know you. I am about to be an aunt for the first time and my brother's girlfriend is leery of breastfeeding. She is also your relative neighbor. So I told her about you and I emailed her your blog link in hopes she would learn more about breastfeeding. <BR/><BR/>-Catherine, Old North KnoxvilleCatherine K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17886853773462457710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1151330981988880282006-06-26T14:09:00.000+00:002006-06-26T14:09:00.000+00:00Love the blog. Loved your book and looking forward...Love the blog. Loved your book and looking forward to the new book. I don't always agree with you, but enjoy your "voice." You're funny. Your boyfriend is a lucky guy ( I am a male reader).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144901467480326342006-04-13T04:11:00.000+00:002006-04-13T04:11:00.000+00:00I'm Leslie, a married, at-home mother of five kids...I'm Leslie, a married, at-home mother of five kids, aged 17 months to `15 years. I used to read you in the Metropulse, then read your book which was recommended to me by my sister, who founded the Knoxville chapter of API. I agree with most of your thoughts on parenting and current events, with the big exception of abortion. I also happen to live in an old house (116 years old) not too far from you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144879165716597182006-04-12T21:59:00.001+00:002006-04-12T21:59:00.001+00:00Hopefully we'll be getting drunk at Bonnaroo 2006....Hopefully we'll be getting drunk at Bonnaroo 2006.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144879143837995292006-04-12T21:59:00.000+00:002006-04-12T21:59:00.000+00:00Hopefully we'll be getting drunk at Bonnaroo 2006....Hopefully we'll be getting drunk at Bonnaroo 2006.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144877615470057802006-04-12T21:33:00.000+00:002006-04-12T21:33:00.000+00:00Katie,I don't check in as regularly as I should. U...Katie,<BR/><BR/>I don't check in as regularly as I should. Used to work at Apple Tree Bookstore and that's how I met you when we were all young and you were pregnant for the first time. <BR/><BR/>I used to read your column in MetroPulse. <BR/><BR/>Now I read you online, but comment only intermittently.<BR/><BR/>married, one kid, livin' in Florida<BR/><BR/>AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144766353499616022006-04-11T14:39:00.000+00:002006-04-11T14:39:00.000+00:00Hi there, Katie, I'm a writer (I'm writing a novel...Hi there, Katie, I'm a writer (I'm writing a novel about a midwife) and a mom of two. Sometimes when I sit down to write I have to sit here for a minute to get the words flowing, and I'll check your blog and maybe one other (my blog list is very short). You are always interesting and honest and I appreciate you. The community I currently and temporarily live in is very conservative, so your take on politics is a breath of fresh air for me. Thanks for blogging! ps You recently linked to an older article of yours on the history of the prosecution of midwives--loved it. Great article, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144748269973824312006-04-11T09:37:00.000+00:002006-04-11T09:37:00.000+00:00Hi....Im Cris.....Vet Tech in the Knoxville area.....Hi....Im Cris.....Vet Tech in the Knoxville area...married male and 32 yrs old....no kids. Slipped in via the Knoxblog sites and enjoy your style of writing and just how easily words flow through your site. Just love to read whats going on in your life and the things that excite you enough to write about them. Thanks for my daily reading that you provide :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144722694117247282006-04-11T02:31:00.000+00:002006-04-11T02:31:00.000+00:00Hi Katie. I'm Tina. Divorced mom of two, ages al...Hi Katie. I'm Tina. Divorced mom of two, ages almost-8 and 9. I'm a writer, editor, book project manager. I read your article on divorce and child custody in the NYT magazine and felt like I'd found a friend. Then I found your blog and now I visit weekly. I like the things you find interesting or outrageous and provide links to. I have similar single mom issues and political sympathies and I appreciate your insights. (Except regarding lactation and I can read around that!) tgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144701066210044742006-04-10T20:31:00.000+00:002006-04-10T20:31:00.000+00:00Been visiting since I subscribed to the MamasInk f...Been visiting since I subscribed to the MamasInk feed a few months ago. Loved your "Formula for Disaster" piece for Salon back when. <BR/><BR/>I'm mom to two kids, ringmistress to two large pups, one tiny rabbit, a dozen teensy fish and an expanding veggie garden. Former freelance writer, radio reporter-anchor,TV news flunky, preschool teacher. Current liberal, homeschooler, knitter, blogger, chronic lactator, Austinite.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the good reads!KCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407766450085647680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1144693266313998132006-04-10T18:21:00.000+00:002006-04-10T18:21:00.000+00:00Canadian single mama of two. Enjoyed your virtual ...Canadian single mama of two. Enjoyed your virtual acquaintance-ship for about a decade.radmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17613368278040539200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1142011489141849372006-03-10T17:24:00.000+00:002006-03-10T17:24:00.000+00:00Hi there Katie. I surfed into your blog via John S...Hi there Katie. I surfed into your blog via John Scalzi's in a round about way.<BR/>I imagine I have read some of your writings and just can't recall because five kids later my mommy brain is quite addled. I try to tell my dad it is a result of my brain being oxygen deprived all those years I was pregnant and lactating when blood flow was diverted to nourish those babies and children but he isn't buying what I am trying to sell. <BR/>Anyway, I am mom to 5 and was a cloth diaperin', breastfeedin' co-sleepin' kind of mama. #5 changed all that BIG time due to medical issues related to his extreme prematurity (4 months early he was) but he is still an angel who loves his mama. I am also a NICU RN and no nurses are not evil out to destroy AP....but you know that already. :) I am one of the good guys, or, in my inner city hospital, one of those strange nurses that wants me to do WHAT? I do try to get the good word out though. My blog is www.adventuresinjuggling.blogspot.com and there I talk about life juggling my 5 kids, the special needs of my boy with special needs, my job in the NICU, my husband and the times I actually get to be all alone. <BR/>That's me.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868536354957624922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1138799684525294212006-02-01T13:14:00.000+00:002006-02-01T13:14:00.000+00:00Hi Kate, I just stumbled on your blog today and am...Hi Kate, I just stumbled on your blog today and am enjoying my stay. I'm an author and relationship columnist and finding time to blog is really hard but today I made up my mind...I'm going to play today...at least for an hour or so anyway. I do have a question. You write for the NY Times or have in the past? I have a story you might be interested in or if you know of anyone else that would be interested...after 52 years, I have found my father. The story is up on my blog...I'll include the link below but I haven't met him yet. This just happened day before yesterday. I started a book about it but can't get too far into it because I don't know what the ending will be as of yet. Anyway, just letting you know. I am enjoying your blog!thewriterslifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408434848838447115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1138218457552620462006-01-25T19:47:00.000+00:002006-01-25T19:47:00.000+00:00Hi, I'm Krisha. Just moved back to Knoxvilel from ...Hi, I'm Krisha. Just moved back to Knoxvilel from Orlando. I have a 15 month old daughter.<BR/>This is actually my first time on your blog but I have been an avid reader of your work for a long time.<BR/>I am here because my husband found your blog and told me that I should check it out.<BR/>I am an aspiring journalist, a pain in the ass about politics and just nifty person.<BR/>So..<BR/>I enjoy your blog, and all that surrounds it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1138071817955230312006-01-24T03:03:00.000+00:002006-01-24T03:03:00.000+00:00My name is Becky Napier. I am a 32 year old singl...My name is Becky Napier. I am a 32 year old single mother, teacher, and grad student. I adore Katie as a person and a writer. Her kids are sweet and appear to be healthy and well-adjusted little humans. I started reading her years ago in Hip Mama and could not believe she was a local gal. Years later, I met her through my boyfriend. Katie's "enemies" seem motivated by jealousy that she makes her living writing and they can only bitch about her productivity. At the same time, they make me giggle because their comments tend toward moral outage. It's not like they can call her a bad writer so they have to muster righteous indignation over how long she nursed her kids. Let me send out a public message for these people with so much time on their hands...In case, it has escaped your notice there is a war going on. Direct that moral outrage towards a more suitable outlet. Don't make me squirt you with my breast milk!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1138070572491204972006-01-24T02:42:00.000+00:002006-01-24T02:42:00.000+00:00Married 18-years, mother of two daughters (14 & 11...Married 18-years, mother of two daughters (14 & 11), horse mom, Christian, conservative about most things, but agree with many of your points, teacher in public high school, outdoor freak, love to sew, not very much into politics. Absolutely devoted to my girls, they are so much fun to be around!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1138053794587299302006-01-23T22:03:00.000+00:002006-01-23T22:03:00.000+00:00Well, Katie, since you keep asking.... :)I'm knoxj...Well, Katie, since you keep asking.... :)<BR/><BR/>I'm knoxjon/jah/Jon/.... I've been reading your blog for a few months now as part of my campaign to spend every waking moment on the internet instead of doing the work I'm supposed to be doing. I'm just glad that there's good stuff to waste my time on. :)<BR/><BR/>So now that we've formally met, we can share a beer sometime. I'll be the one who is a Darby Conley cartoon character. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1138043973740689512006-01-23T19:19:00.000+00:002006-01-23T19:19:00.000+00:00I admit, I am one of those people who checks your ...I admit, I am one of those people who checks your blog multiple times daily. I am a mom of two (5 and 2 1/2) who practices ap. I like your writing style and I also enjoy reading how a mom adjusts to her kids growing up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1138038658176824362006-01-23T17:50:00.000+00:002006-01-23T17:50:00.000+00:00Me:Married, devout childfree person (aka, I NEVER ...Me:<BR/>Married, devout childfree person (aka, I NEVER want to have kids), graduate student from Pittsburgh. <BR/>I found your blog when I somehow (???) stumbled upon the blog of a Brooklyn mother of two who seems to be to be the most spoiled jerk of all time -- YET I STILL READ HER BLOG AND GET INFURIATED EVERYDAY AT HER SHALLOWNESS!!! But I digress....<BR/>Katie, your blog was linked to Shallow Mom's blog and I started reading about a year ago. I like your writing style and more importantly, I like your content and the fact that someone can be a mother (and a seemingly GOOD mother at that) and not be a complete self-centered boob with no identity beyond the children. I admire that. You seem to take the good and the bad in stride. I admire that too. <BR/>Plus, I think we pretty much agree on everything, politically speaking, and I like people who agree with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1136295565497024492006-01-03T13:39:00.000+00:002006-01-03T13:39:00.000+00:00I do too.I revere the cowbell.-KatieI do too.<BR/><BR/>I revere the cowbell.<BR/><BR/>-KatieJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704163845968356340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504620.post-1136246014557973622006-01-02T23:53:00.000+00:002006-01-02T23:53:00.000+00:00Count me among the female readers who cannot imagi...Count me among the female readers who cannot imagine why any man would ever be interested in a woman this sarcastic and odd. I generally don't get her sense of humor and I find the saga of her love life just plain odd. Who would ask this woman out? She is divorced and has children and pokes fun at everything and has no reverence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com