Comments on: Various Miracles

By: miette

miette — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:00:23 +0000

Glad to have you listening, Lori, bedtime or otherwise. Hopefully you don’t have to fight all those siblings for use of the ipod. xo — Mtte.

By: Lori Taylor

Lori Taylor — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:28:17 +0000

I have just recently found your podcasts and have returned to my younger days when my mom or grandmother would sit all 5 of us down for a chapter or two, depending on the book, and read until bedtime. While I dont listen at bedtime it does make my workday go a little faster. Thank you so much for the enjoyment you bring. A new friend Lori Taylor

By: Mary Clare

Mary Clare — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:56:19 +0000

Miette, is there a way to contact you privately? Does Amazon have your current address? MC

By: Mary Clare

Mary Clare — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:37:48 +0000

At the end of “It Was” there is a small thump, like the sound of a book closing? Maybe you could do that more often.
(PS It’s too long until July.)

By: Michael Hartford · Listening Room, Volume 2

Michael Hartford · Listening Room, Volume 2 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:15:31 +0000

[...] Miette’s Bedtime Story Podcast: Various Miracles [...]

By: Mr. J.

Mr. J. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:36:20 +0000

I tell the kids that their job is to find themselves in the story. I see now that Carol Shields is right and I have been wrong. Finding oneself in a story is a miracle. We don’t read to find ourselves. We read for an escape, to get out of ourselves. Then, we find ourselves in the story and recognize the story inside of us.

By: miette

miette — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:49:02 +0000

Hi Mary Clare,

Thanks for writing and good suggestion– though I intentionally don’t add any bookend on the tail end of a recording, as I don’t want to distract anyone’s thoughts from the full impact of the end of the story. But given this story, I can see your point… I’ll think of something (the story did end mid-sentence, by the way). I’m glad you’re enjoying the readings.

Also, I could never take donations (much to the chagrin of my own empty pockets) because I enjoy reading to everyone so much, and have discovered the inverse relationship between enjoyment and meansmaking. So, as long as I don’t accept money for this web site, I’ll be certain to continue to have a good time.

That said, I never turn down the gift of a good book, some of which can be found here if you’re ever inclined.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3GC2DDY1SHWBR

My birthday is in July.

Best,
– Mtte.

By: Mary Clare

Mary Clare — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:09:03 +0000

I Love your reading (would drop an occasional contribution if you had a PayPal link.) I burn rewritable CDs to listen in bed. One suggestion, I would like to check the end to make sure it all downloaded. (I don’t read the last page of a mystery first, but if picking up a well-used copy might check to see if it is there.) Can’t quite imagine you doing a formal tagline like “You’ve been listening to …” but maybe just a quick “The end”, “Goodnight”, or even that little ding from the start, especially on something like this that seems to end in the middle of a sentence.

By: Jorrin

Jorrin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:04:27 +0000

Since you announced you were reading Canadian fiction, I’ve been coming back to your site silently begging for Carol Shields. Thank you for reading my mind!