tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post4038492551170264347..comments2024-03-28T22:51:32.258+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Continuing to Blog in ObscuritySteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-57171278340613102402015-01-08T11:37:37.580+00:002015-01-08T11:37:37.580+00:00I enjoy reading your day to day diary and although...I enjoy reading your day to day diary and although I rarely comment I feel as though i am an aquaintance of yours and also Reya, Ms Moon, Vivian, The bug, Ellen and 37 Paddington who comment regularly. I think I find it relaxing. It is like being at a cafe with friends where I can listen to what is being discussed but don't have to bother thinking about a reply ar making any of the conversation.<br />I like Marty Damon's idea of putting your older journals on a separate blogg, linked to this one. It will be time consuming but you will enjoy the memories as you type.JennieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470756350440304293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-72912109412465954322015-01-08T06:39:39.488+00:002015-01-08T06:39:39.488+00:00I have quite a big audience and sometimes that fre...I have quite a big audience and sometimes that freaks me out and sometimes I just don't care. What's really important to me, blogging, is the small, cosy community and the various outliers that might read my writing and something resonates with them. In any case, I think you've changed -- if not the world -- then influenced many people, including myself. I've told you before that I walk the streets differently because of you. Not only do I see things differently or notice things that I might not, I do so with your name in my head!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-16465380424871495972015-01-08T06:00:51.393+00:002015-01-08T06:00:51.393+00:00Angella: Olga is no doubt our best ambassador. :)
...Angella: Olga is no doubt our best ambassador. :)<br /><br />Marty: That's exactly what I was thinking -- another blog for older journal entries, linked to this one. I'm not sure yet! I haven't tried the printing route, though I do back up my blog from time to time to ensure against "evaporation."<br /><br />Ms Moon: I don't check deliberately, but Google shows me the number of hits on each post whenever I look at my post listing. I kind of wish they didn't, actually!<br /><br />Vivian: Thanks so much! I'll give you more Olga, I promise.<br /><br />Sharon: Bacon! Ha! I also have a friend who wound up with a book deal as a result of his blog, and it's interesting to see what kind of writing is considered commercially viable versus what isn't!<br /><br />Utah: Flickr actually does that. All the images I post here also get posted on Flickr, showing all the equipment specs and settings. I probably SHOULD link these pics to my Flickr photostream.<br /><br />Ellen: I prefer the personal journals too. I'm mystified about why they're not more popular. To me someone's day-to-day life is much more interesting than reading about bacon (to use Sharon's example).<br /><br />Bug: Well, I'm glad not posting on Facebook hasn't seriously hobbled me! Ha! I also know a lot more about the daily lives of my blogger friends than many of my "close" friends. Kind of strange.<br /><br />Reya: It can't help but change your writing to know that you're being widely read. (I mean you in the general sense, not you specifically.) There's a security in knowing that what you post doesn't go very far. Probably a false security, because you never know, but there it is.<br /><br />John: Well, posting the old journal entries would certainly provide some background. Maybe more than anyone really wants!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-74401500652818172062015-01-08T00:37:16.109+00:002015-01-08T00:37:16.109+00:00I want to know more about you
Perhaps that's ...I want to know more about you<br />Perhaps that's the direction to venture into ?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-91876315756169590682015-01-07T18:03:56.910+00:002015-01-07T18:03:56.910+00:00Feral parrots! Love.
There was a flock in S.F. So...Feral parrots! Love.<br /><br />There was a flock in S.F. So magical to come across them.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51526880710461301522015-01-07T18:01:55.358+00:002015-01-07T18:01:55.358+00:00I know exactly what you're talking about, Stev...I know exactly what you're talking about, Steve. I do post a link to some of my blog posts, but other times, like today, I don't want anyone except a handful to have access to it. My old blog had a larger following. It's a relief that the new one is so cozy and intimate.<br /><br />I'm really glad you're not going to stop! I love knowing what you're up to.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-1848129913558775962015-01-07T17:39:22.640+00:002015-01-07T17:39:22.640+00:00I'm here to say that linking your blog posts o...I'm here to say that linking your blog posts on Facebook has very little effect (as far as I can tell - ha!). I also don't care about readership. I've got my little clique & I'm happy with it (not that I would say "go away" to anyone else!).<br /><br />I like the personal journal type of blog best too. I like hearing about people's days. I know more about the day to day stuff about you than I do my best friend (who lives in NC). :)The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-65031781983215922012015-01-07T15:25:49.572+00:002015-01-07T15:25:49.572+00:00I'm starting my 7th year and my blog never did...I'm starting my 7th year and my blog never did 'catch on' with less than 250 'followers' in all that time but then it is a personal blog. I started it when I realized that I knew nothing but names and dates of many of my forbears so this is a journal for those that come after. eventually I'll print it out and have it bound to hand down. but about other people's blogs? I prefer the personal journals than those that are based on one topic.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-82937169072821885032015-01-07T15:25:03.390+00:002015-01-07T15:25:03.390+00:00You invest a bunch of time in your photography and...You invest a bunch of time in your photography and posting pictures to the blog. Maybe you should link equipment specs and settings and like info to images taken so that they are searchable in a more 'topical' fashion?<br /><br />utahDOG!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04574614138539392895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-91367454838604455022015-01-07T15:23:09.524+00:002015-01-07T15:23:09.524+00:00Like Ms Moon, I used to check my stats every day b...Like Ms Moon, I used to check my stats every day but I rarely look at them now. I do my blog for me and I truly enjoy the community of people that I correspond with via blogs. About 5 years ago, I was interviewed on a local TV program about my blog along with another woman who had a blog devoted to bacon....yes I said bacon. She had just been offered a book deal to turn her blog posts into a book. I remember feeling a bit like a loser because no one had offered me a book deal. That feeling didn't last long. I didn't start it to become famous or rich. I started it to communicate with people all over the world. I'm happy with that.<br />I found your blog because of my love of the city of London and now I read it every day. I enjoy reading about your life there and I especially enjoy reading your perspective on the issues of the day. AND...I love your photos. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-47114571821802896122015-01-07T14:40:17.745+00:002015-01-07T14:40:17.745+00:00i don't blog but love reading them and i check...i don't blog but love reading them and i check your site everyday...i love the pictures, hearing about your life and of course Olga. <br />Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475300367665076331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-77816293674171221482015-01-07T13:58:00.853+00:002015-01-07T13:58:00.853+00:00I used to check my page views. I never do any more...I used to check my page views. I never do any more. I have realized that doesn't matter in the least to me. I do this for me, for the sense of community I have with the few dear people I have come to love. And occasionally, I'll get an e-mail or even a real letter, telling me how much my words have meant to a person.<br />Which always blows me away and makes me very glad I do what I do. <br />And every day I get to visit you and your world and I carry your images with me wherever I go. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-78255963288305652752015-01-07T12:58:37.011+00:002015-01-07T12:58:37.011+00:00Some thoughts, Steve.
Like you, I have no desire t...Some thoughts, Steve.<br />Like you, I have no desire to go viral. I will admit to checking to see how many people dropped by per day, but I'm happy with what I have. I'm new enough to all this that 40 readers a day, or the fact that someone in the Ukraine is reading me, is incredible. <br /> Some of the blogs I'm fondest of -like yours - are small snippets of a life somewhere else.<br /> Also, how about starting another blog for your journal writings that could be linked to this one?<br /> And one other thought- After putting the effort into my blog, I didn't want my work to sit in the ether somewhere and then just evaporate some day. So for the past two years I've moved the ones I liked best to Shutterfly and printed out a book of them. <br /> There, I'm done, I promise!Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-21180537140480186832015-01-07T08:43:15.261+00:002015-01-07T08:43:15.261+00:00I feel exactly the same way as you do about bloggi...I feel exactly the same way as you do about blogging. And why not post your writings. They're part of your story and as you point out this blog is a place to tell your story. Don't be so sure by the way that you aren't changing the world just by being you and sharing your journey. You gave me a lot if hope when I was first laid off and your London sojourn inspires me. And Olga. Olga is definitely changing the world!37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.com