tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post3077773261270182528..comments2024-03-27T12:20:38.538-05:00Comments on JUST ME: I would be a blogger if you were my only readerDonna. Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-73763290220756671432012-07-13T12:20:36.100-05:002012-07-13T12:20:36.100-05:00I feel the same way. Readers or not, I will always...I feel the same way. Readers or not, I will always blog. After all, it's cheaper than a therapist! LOLMissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602020006220886071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-73885180830029633712012-07-11T21:30:11.924-05:002012-07-11T21:30:11.924-05:00Paula, I LOVE my Mosie nickname. I got it back in...Paula, I LOVE my Mosie nickname. I got it back in the AOL days in the chat room. People who loved me called me Mosie.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-41350664384968854372012-07-11T18:33:08.360-05:002012-07-11T18:33:08.360-05:00I like reading your blog! I just wish I had more t...I like reading your blog! I just wish I had more time to devote to mine. I'm trying. lolsmall farm girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485314092236803411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-39578419825685844542012-07-11T14:44:26.669-05:002012-07-11T14:44:26.669-05:00I enjoy reading your blog. I don't have many c...I enjoy reading your blog. I don't have many commenters now because I very seldom put an entry in mine anymore. Since Ken is not killing bugs anymore and we have stopped fishing due to our health I don't have anything to blog about although I did put a video of a couple of young deer trying to talk back to my daughter from her yard on the last entry.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157512726495946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-58325871884767422442012-07-11T09:50:54.035-05:002012-07-11T09:50:54.035-05:00I enjoy reading your blog and many others too. I ...I enjoy reading your blog and many others too. I spend too much time on my computer I do think..ha! But I enjoy your pictures of your garden, and your motorcyle trips and I keep track of your daughter and pray for her as well. Take care and keep on blogging. Wendykruethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921074648456614644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-19661652718264258292012-07-11T07:33:07.765-05:002012-07-11T07:33:07.765-05:00I know... I keep thinking about taking a break my...I know... I keep thinking about taking a break myself. And then people get pissed off at me. I'm getting less hits now but that's okay. I think I blogged for six months before anybody started reading it at all.JustRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-44116232847008686312012-07-11T07:04:20.198-05:002012-07-11T07:04:20.198-05:00Exactly! I'm obviously not writing for an audi...Exactly! I'm obviously not writing for an audience anymore considering how sporadic my posts are, but that doesn't mean I'd ever want to stop.Average Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415336045074131698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-59510932746634373362012-07-11T06:59:11.165-05:002012-07-11T06:59:11.165-05:00Dana, if you put that much effort and time into bl...Dana, if you put that much effort and time into blogging, I can see why you would get discouraged. Obviously, I can turn out an entry in a half-hour or less. I'm not a very cerebral person.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-83714636689597380202012-07-11T06:49:15.079-05:002012-07-11T06:49:15.079-05:00I'm with everybody else... just wish I had joi...I'm with everybody else... just wish I had joined the blogging world years ago.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262664291493678363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-51635542259465294232012-07-11T06:29:56.105-05:002012-07-11T06:29:56.105-05:00What a great post! I love your blog but I don'...What a great post! I love your blog but I don't comment often. Sometimes I don't know what to say. But I enjoy your point of view and I cheer when good things happen in your life. <br /><br />I blog because I want to, and I would do it even if I had no readers, I suspect. But the readers are nice. I like the interaction. And some of these folks have become friends. That's a good thing.<br /><br />Thank you for this thought-provoking post!CountryDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-11199474894759359362012-07-11T05:38:35.953-05:002012-07-11T05:38:35.953-05:00If we can get past the feeling of being obigated t...If we can get past the feeling of being obigated to read and write then it's what it's supposed to be. Just fun. Sometimes I'm active and sometimes I'm way too busy. Running 6 irrigation wells keeps me busy 5:30 to about 11:00 at night so It's hard to keep up but I'm not leaving.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676389902079486865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-39526742976380347832012-07-11T05:22:27.643-05:002012-07-11T05:22:27.643-05:00I agree with you there. Blogging is a part of my ...I agree with you there. Blogging is a part of my life it seems. I enjoy doing it and reading others. I have never had a great following but am thankful for the ones that do. I started as a means of keeping in touch with my family and I know that not many of them even read it. Still it's an outlet for my thoughts. Hope your Wednesday is a wonderful one.I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-4244592255394941402012-07-11T01:36:26.943-05:002012-07-11T01:36:26.943-05:00You're right, Donna, about everything you said...You're right, Donna, about everything you said, but especially the part about Rachel kicking cancer's butt ~Forty Pound Sackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532270470379845645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-39413918496815051582012-07-11T00:39:09.413-05:002012-07-11T00:39:09.413-05:00Blogs consume alot of time. Writing and reading th...Blogs consume alot of time. Writing and reading them. I have so many things I need to do, but this always comes first. It's my passion. I LOVE your blog. Have since the day I found it. I do check in from time to time to read your daughter's too. I have read The Vagabond's blog once or twice and understand why you'll miss him. We all need a break, every now and then.TARYTERREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620999913159718018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-72503479302060542172012-07-10T23:11:08.625-05:002012-07-10T23:11:08.625-05:00I agree. I hope you don't mind that I always c...I agree. I hope you don't mind that I always call you Mosie instead of Donna. I like Mosie and I have too many Donnas and you are the only Mosie.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007728342316668058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-86838186970628859602012-07-10T23:03:04.298-05:002012-07-10T23:03:04.298-05:00Thank you Donna. I have rarely ever put light litt...Thank you Donna. I have rarely ever put light little ditties on my blog. My entries are the result of a mammoth amount of reading that I do. And I am following my own advice in that much of that reading is for my own self improvement.<br /><br />Jon has a good point about reading blogs, such as yours. I spend hours on a single Vagabond Journey entry, which includes a lot of reading and often some research. It's the major activity of my day. I almost never get the time to read other people's blogs or respond to their emails.<br /><br />My own private writing has faded to a secondary place. I have 2 novels to market, but they still need editing and packaging, with letters to agentsw, publishers and such.<br /><br />I have paintings sitting around here, some need to be finished, others to be framed. I recently sold one, I could sell more if I had the time to work at it.<br /><br />As for writing I can still write about things that interest me. It so happens that I write extensively about some things. I think, for example, the fact that the space shuttle entered the Earth's atmosphere going 25 times the speed of sound deserves more than a "Huh !" And I just wrote a rather long piece about quantum mechanics for my Friends List which you are welcome to be on if you wish.<br /><br />Then there are the time consuming problems of living for an older man who lives alone with pains and lack of conveniences, who must read with a magnifying glass, and who has no friends in the neighborhood to help him out.<br /><br />Give up? I never give up. I may change my tactics, but the strategy is the same: do as much good for the world as I can.<br /><br />Respectfully yours,<br />Dana Bate - The VagabondDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-67570358720852889572012-07-10T21:54:38.691-05:002012-07-10T21:54:38.691-05:00One more thing - Dana said that he wants more time...One more thing - Dana said that he wants more time for personal writing and I can strongly identify with that. Years ago, I was a published writer. Ever since I started blogging, I've been neglecting my serious writing.<br /><br />The one good thing about blogging, however, is that I can say exactly what I want. I don't have to worry about what the editor's think, and I don't have to slant my writing towards any particular readership.<br /><br />(My comments are too long! Shoot me!)Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-76768345718489882272012-07-10T21:51:55.765-05:002012-07-10T21:51:55.765-05:00I have always enjoyed your blog Donna, I love hear...I have always enjoyed your blog Donna, I love hearing about Cliff, your kids, the dogs etc.. Keep it coming!Adirondackcountrygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647770774053345725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-27248270766034990182012-07-10T21:49:01.645-05:002012-07-10T21:49:01.645-05:00I always read your daughter's blog but I very ...I always read your daughter's blog but I very seldom comment (I don't know why). I also always read your blog. I'm going to miss Dana's journal.<br /><br />I have fewer readers than I did when we were blogging at AOL. I joined Blogtrain, but that didn't increase my readership. I have to beg & bribe my relatives to read my blog. But, as you said, it's not a competition. I genuinely love writing and I have a lot to write about, so I suppose I'm hopelessly addicted.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-28786113254174269402012-07-10T21:36:14.239-05:002012-07-10T21:36:14.239-05:00Amen and yes a thousand times. I write for me, but...Amen and yes a thousand times. I write for me, but it is nice to hear from people and get comments. However, I think I would still write; it's a stress reliever!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197599882756386184noreply@blogger.com