tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post7356050299595491542..comments2024-03-29T21:11:37.724+10:00Comments on down to earth: The blog neighbourhoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-82677124972563113322010-12-05T02:57:05.102+10:002010-12-05T02:57:05.102+10:00The internet and blogging does make for community ...The internet and blogging does make for community in their own ways.<br /><br />I had a perfect stranger hug me at a recent quilt retreat. I thought she believed she was hugging my sister Angela, hostess for the retreat, so I introduced myself. She explained she knew I was Penny and felt she knew me from reading my blog. =)Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437631609980218749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-7699459580251155192010-12-03T06:31:35.381+10:002010-12-03T06:31:35.381+10:00Hi..having not long discovered the blogging commun...Hi..having not long discovered the blogging community and it is a community in my eyes..i have learnt so much not just about how i want to live but also about myself...i have found friends who are like-minded and don't mind my questions..and they don't think i'm weird because i get excited at making chutney for the first time or jam..i love the encouragement they give me..whilst i may never meet them face to face, they hopefully know me and i know them...i find it all so interesting and i love learning something new everyday...<br />sara<br />xxxflowertotmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498443996707884535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-13406213382916040442010-12-03T05:56:56.749+10:002010-12-03T05:56:56.749+10:00Kindred spirits can be found around the world thes...Kindred spirits can be found around the world these days. I got to meet three lovely women this past October .. we've been following each other's lives .. and I started a 'friendship' blog called the Scarf Sisters. We had our first reunion .. and I played tour guide. Hope to do it again in two years in another 'home town' state.Mrs. Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644129213141875138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-72640407344803244572010-12-03T04:50:31.986+10:002010-12-03T04:50:31.986+10:00I like the learning, I like the little peeks into ...I like the learning, I like the little peeks into peoples lives - I've become so much livlier and feel so much less isolated since reading blogs (especially this one) and I've found that with these days of folk being so far flung its nice to feel part of a community of likeminded folk - thank you for letting me think about it. I think alot of people these days try to identify with their own community - but if you find yourself far away from friends and family through work/life choices - you can lose a sense of really belonging. I live on my island, I'm a well received visitor here, accepted within our small community - but I don't really belong here - so its nice to touch on likeminded folk too :)Fay McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573998704716650377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-39594259524688515532010-12-03T04:09:18.306+10:002010-12-03T04:09:18.306+10:00And that is exactly why I love to read blogs and c...And that is exactly why I love to read blogs and comments, there is so much to learn from each other.<br /><br />-BrendaSense of Home Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670637532208860258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-75293179408916141072010-12-03T03:37:28.583+10:002010-12-03T03:37:28.583+10:00I could not agree more. I learn something from som...I could not agree more. I learn something from someone everyday, including the redoubtable Rhonda Jean!Ann in Paradisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035152437312483280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-3521483209247008832010-12-03T03:22:37.942+10:002010-12-03T03:22:37.942+10:00I have been so blessed by the blogging community a...I have been so blessed by the blogging community as well. Both learning and sharing and not feeling so alone in the journey.<br />What a wonderful post. You listed two of my favorites too - now off to get to know the others.<br />Warm wishes,<br />TonyaTonya Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140984106118247860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-86858069352411036822010-12-03T00:16:10.972+10:002010-12-03T00:16:10.972+10:00A good post, but I forgot to mention in my first c...A good post, but I forgot to mention in my first comment that I was especially interested in the fact that I have the same large blue Pennsylvania Dutch tin that's in your picture. I keep buttons in it. <br /><br />Small world indeed.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-90371505796501617822010-12-02T22:39:23.199+10:002010-12-02T22:39:23.199+10:00I love your post today.Reading other people's ...I love your post today.Reading other people's blogs inspires me to get out my sewing machine and have a go!NessaKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-85960529688409231182010-12-02T22:36:49.025+10:002010-12-02T22:36:49.025+10:00Your words here are so true. I have learned and h...Your words here are so true. I have learned and have been inspired by so many wonderful bloggers out there. As everyone else, I have my favorites and yours is one of them.Vickie LeBlanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127867994907548280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-64835046043353410002010-12-02T22:32:00.659+10:002010-12-02T22:32:00.659+10:00Very true,Rhonda,and as always,well put!
I check ...Very true,Rhonda,and as always,well put!<br /><br />I check my favorite blogs everyday,and do feel like these folks are my friends.( I call them "my blogging friends").<br /><br />I love looking for new blogs that I find a connection to,and hope that some find a connection from mine!I love getting new followers,and am always very excited when I see a new blogging friend on the follower list!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146666825333788187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-9309296795742570102010-12-02T21:19:04.657+10:002010-12-02T21:19:04.657+10:00You just pretty much summed up why I LOVE blogs, a...You just pretty much summed up why I LOVE blogs, and discovering new awesome ones (like this one :D). I am so excited for January being here soon - I have a friend who lives in New Zealand (I'm in Melbourne) and I have known her through blogs, and more recently Facebook, for nearly five years. We have shared tears, laughter, pregnancies and all manner of lifes little and bigger moments. This January she is coming to Melbourne for a family wedding and she wants to meet in person - I cannot wait. I know I'll be nervous and I'll probably cry, and I know I'll feel like I'm meeting a celebrity! <br /><br />I'm only a new reader to your blog, but thank you for having such a warm, cosy way of sharing your life. Even through an inanimate computer screen there is so much life to share.Larissa Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358389402166363168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-10983206661607029852010-12-02T21:11:24.933+10:002010-12-02T21:11:24.933+10:00Nice post Rhonda. I agree, I've learnt so much...Nice post Rhonda. I agree, I've learnt so much through reading blogs, although I admit an awful lot I have learn't was from you!!!<br />Keep up the good work.Serena Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06633337796795609011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-26668814472820659332010-12-02T18:49:55.856+10:002010-12-02T18:49:55.856+10:00That was a lovely blog Rhonda and sums up my feeli...That was a lovely blog Rhonda and sums up my feelings too. We are truly blessed to be able to share in so many wonderful lives in this way. You hear many negative things about the internet, but this is the flip side to that (and something you don't tend to hear about in magazines or newspapers) the genuinely good and honest things going on in ordinary peoples lives. Have a good day.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917542327482001911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-73564887177163529862010-12-02T17:21:37.385+10:002010-12-02T17:21:37.385+10:00What an interesting post. I really enjoyed readin...What an interesting post. I really enjoyed reading this and will definitely come back here again :-).<br /><br />You are so right about getting to know people through a blog. I started blogging the first time when my daughter who was 3 at the time was diagnosed with leukemia. It started off just as a way to communicate to friends and family and soon became much more than that. It became a place where we could also educate and create awareness and be there for others on similar journeys. And through our blog I "met" so many others. People I cried with and laughed with and celebrated with. (http://whitesinnz.blogspot.com).<br /><br />Then recently I started a new blog about everyday life, living in New Zealand. What the kids might get up to. Not quite sure what I might end up writing about because this one is still very new :-). (http://livinglifenowinkiwiland.blogspot.com)<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your thoughts :-)<br /><br />Lea WhiteLea Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08115298071761933905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-60199677416449023012010-12-02T17:01:03.576+10:002010-12-02T17:01:03.576+10:00Love your blog girlie. I've had it on my blogr...Love your blog girlie. I've had it on my blogroll for sometime now. I like your style of writing!John'aLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745376345664784698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-15276233449552956492010-12-02T15:27:50.863+10:002010-12-02T15:27:50.863+10:00I agree Rhonda. I didn't know about blogging ...I agree Rhonda. I didn't know about blogging before I read an article you had written in one of the Don Bourke magazines. I couldn't beleive what I was reading when I checked out your blogspot- a whole lot of people worldwide valued the same things I have always valued! Good news, I wasn't alone in my thinking. Even though I don't personally know you I feel like a friend as we have quite a bit in common. Thanks Rhonda.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295890728434904710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-20292616790596468922010-12-02T14:16:42.173+10:002010-12-02T14:16:42.173+10:00I completely agree, and for those times when it se...I completely agree, and for those times when it seems that no one understands what you are trying to accomplish - you only have to go online and you find a host of other women doing the same things and having a wonderful time!Elaine/Muddling Throughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542943000832182111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-5763822729512768052010-12-02T13:24:33.446+10:002010-12-02T13:24:33.446+10:00"And best of all, blogs, while telling their ..."And best of all, blogs, while telling their daily stories, teach us what we didn't even know we wanted to learn."<br /><br />Very well said - plain and simple. :)www.SignificantlySimple.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855275320101972639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-66326143495048284662010-12-02T12:53:19.096+10:002010-12-02T12:53:19.096+10:00Hi Rhonda :-)
I just had to leave a comment today....Hi Rhonda :-)<br />I just had to leave a comment today. I read many blogs and I have my own blog too, which I post to on a semi-regular basis. I have felt lately that I haven't had alot to say. I am still at that point where I'm not sure where I want my blog to go. I feel that to have a successful blog you need more readers and when you are just talking to yourself its not quite the same lol.<br />You are right though, blogging creates an online community that is so rich in knowledge and so vast that there truly are no boundaries at all.<br />Your blog is so uplifting and inspires me daily. You have taught me so many wonderful things and honestly - if I can be half as happy and content when I reach my 60's as you and Hanno seem to be, well then I will be one very lucky woman.<br />Never stop doing what you are doing, you are an amazingly, inspirational lady!!!OurGangof7https://www.blogger.com/profile/11112909755671690941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-21845208934977323612010-12-02T12:52:28.131+10:002010-12-02T12:52:28.131+10:00Beautiful post, Rhonda. I can't say it better....Beautiful post, Rhonda. I can't say it better. That's the beauty of blogging and I enjoy sharing my blog and reading others. And thanks for the mention. It's so sweet of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-6818466907631065722010-12-02T12:47:27.984+10:002010-12-02T12:47:27.984+10:00You are so right. I feel this same way about blogs...You are so right. I feel this same way about blogs that I read and this includes yours. I don't leave a lot of comments here but you have taught me more than you could ever ever imagine and I thank you for that.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594313154015365616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-7712613892460570292010-12-02T11:33:23.367+10:002010-12-02T11:33:23.367+10:00I feel the same way - I've got blogging friend...I feel the same way - I've got blogging friends all over the world now, that I wouldn't have met any other way, and my life is so much richer because of them! I love your blog because it keeps reminding me of what's important in life, and that the simplest things are often the best.<br /><br />Jo@quirkycookingJo Whittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590877342845433951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-89219431637536482722010-12-02T11:23:59.278+10:002010-12-02T11:23:59.278+10:00I feel I know some of my blogs friends better than...I feel I know some of my blogs friends better than I know the people who live next door and across the street. We are all close in proximity here, but outr lives are so different, none of us talk. We are either going to work or coming home and tired. I have chosen my blog friends and I have much in common with them. I chose my house, the neighborhood came with it. I did not chose the neighbors. I love it here in blogland. I feel at home.claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16572555442321120647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-72837045689332196442010-12-02T10:37:44.840+10:002010-12-02T10:37:44.840+10:00I'm in a quilting forum but there are other th...I'm in a quilting forum but there are other threads involved there also, like gardening, a reading thread and a few others. We 'know' each other from this and from our blogs and I feel like I'm involved in a big craft 'family' who sometimes meet each other in person as we attend the same craft fairs or go on holiday in another's area. Without my computer and internet connection I wouldn't have all these lovely friends because of where I live.RobynLouisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050372484207822842noreply@blogger.com