tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post1311455518576450789..comments2024-03-29T21:11:37.724+10:00Comments on down to earth: Why do you blog?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-8856148930497356512013-09-12T06:04:28.526+10:002013-09-12T06:04:28.526+10:00Rhonda, you are an inspiration! I've recentl...Rhonda, you are an inspiration! I've recently started a blog and am not exactly sure what I intend to do with it yet, but one of the reasons is I have been so inspired by yours! Thank you. Lone Kereruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367998723320318813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-68506318917719230582012-10-30T06:56:02.275+10:002012-10-30T06:56:02.275+10:00Thiѕ is my first tіmе gо to see at hеre and i аm
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Yes, I am in the UK. Thank you for re...Hi Rhonda,<br /><br />Yes, I am in the UK. Thank you for remembering me.<br /><br />I seem to be taking a round-about route to a simple life, but I'll get there eventually. Its a journey, rather than a destination for me at the moment. You may be pleased to know that I baked some bread at the weekend though ;-)Yabusamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530007541567908178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-57258854047797632172012-10-06T22:09:50.068+10:002012-10-06T22:09:50.068+10:00Hi Yabusame, I do remember you. You were here in t...Hi Yabusame, I do remember you. You were here in the first few years. I think you're in the UK, am I right? Anyhow, it's good to see you again and I hope reading here helps to lure you back to the simple life.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-52055827003194329032012-10-06T18:58:43.381+10:002012-10-06T18:58:43.381+10:00Hi Rhonda,
I'm one of your old time readers. ...Hi Rhonda,<br /><br />I'm one of your old time readers. I fell off your readers list for a while when life came along and turned things upside down, but I'm starting to drift back to the things that matter to me. Your blog is one of those things. I doubt that you remember me, but I was one of your few male readers in the early days. I remember making a tote bag from some old material based on one of your articles several years ago. I made it as a gift for my GF but she never uses it, so its come back to me since we moved in together. Unfortunately, I keep forgetting to take it with me when I go shopping, so it still isn't being used. I'll have to change that from today.<br /><br />I wanted to comment here, rather than on your latest post, because this article is, specifically, about your blog and why others blog.<br /><br />I did have a blog for a short time. It contained political rants, pieces of poetry I especially liked, and videos from youtube that made me laugh, to name but a few. I have since deleted the blog because I found updating it a chore. It lacked focus. If I were to blog again then I'd do it on a single subject or group of related subjects, rather than the scatter gun approach I had.<br /><br />One of the things I have noticed about my interaction with blogs is that as they become more popular, the more likely I am to drift away from them. When I see that a post has over 20 comments, that tends to put me off commenting too. I guess I don't want to be lost in the crowd. I think that's something I'll have to teflect on more at a later date. I know I broken that unwritten rule for myself here.<br /><br />I have drifted back to your blog, not for the knitting and sewing articles (I'm not that kind of man ;-)) but for the soap, the breadmaking, the gardening, and the reflective posts you do. Keep it up Rhonda, I look forward to reading many of your old posts as I catch up, and your new posts as I read along with everyone else,Yabusamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-34348081039412903282012-09-23T10:50:46.539+10:002012-09-23T10:50:46.539+10:00Hello Rhonda,
I've been thinking about your qu...Hello Rhonda,<br />I've been thinking about your question,and, I blog initially to keep in contact with my sister who lives in a large country town, and show our 95 yr old Mum what going on in the family. Mum lives with me and we don't do much long distance visiting.I do Face Book to keep in contact with my children and Grand-children.<br />I like blogging,but I don't understand the bit and pieces of blogging.<br />I just put up posts and if I get a comment ...I get excited.....If no comment..that's ok too.<br />Looking forward to your course on blogging.<br />I found your blog on my sister's side bar.This is my first time reading it, and I like your blog.<br />Have a good week <br />Barb from AustraliaBarbara Neubeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129774816143303590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-81636394967469333212012-09-21T12:57:07.575+10:002012-09-21T12:57:07.575+10:00Your post has made me want to blog. I would so lo...Your post has made me want to blog. I would so love to have a blog of my parents and grandparents. To have their life, words and wisdom would be the greatest gift I could have and to be able to give it to my daughter would be wonderful beyond words. My parents are gone now and I only knew one of my four grandparents. The grandma I did know was a crafter, baker and creative person. While I loved her hand made gifts and have most of them still today, it wasn't until I grew older and she was gone that I truly appreciated her talents and the wisdom she had for me. In addition, my grandparents lives were so vastly different from my own and I would like to share some of that as I try to lead a more simpler life. Thinking of my daughter, I blog would allow me to leave for her and her children a piece of me that I hope they will cherish and appreciate. Plus, my blog may inspire others like yours has done for me. You are really getting me to think about my life and what I want it to be. I'm trying to slow down and tap in to what truly makes me happy. Thanks Rhonda.Theresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-13275605734226077252012-09-20T22:21:35.353+10:002012-09-20T22:21:35.353+10:00Hi Rhonda and all,
I enjoy blogging, it allows me ...Hi Rhonda and all,<br />I enjoy blogging, it allows me to express myself and I don't care who reads it. Not many people I expect. I have a few followers and I love it when they say they liked a post. I also do it as a way to showing my interstate family where I am living and what I am doing.<br />I love where I am living and I want to tell and show people what it is like to live on a few acres and try tread lightly on the Earth and all that.<br />I enjoy your blog and look forward to hearing what you have to say. I do not post as often as you, it comes and goes.<br />cheers<br />DaylaDaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544561530618570093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-46585641509788384392012-09-20T21:17:14.455+10:002012-09-20T21:17:14.455+10:00Thankyou Rhonda, I am so humbled by your lovely co...Thankyou Rhonda, I am so humbled by your lovely comments. Thankyou also for taking the time to stop by my little blog. I hope you and Hanno had a lovely day celebrating birthdays and life in general :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-1335863099846564922012-09-20T17:53:50.581+10:002012-09-20T17:53:50.581+10:00Just want to wish Hanno a very happy birthday ,so ...Just want to wish Hanno a very happy birthday ,so good to see he is on the mend after the horror accident.And to you Rhonda Jean I take my hat off to you ,I just love your blog . Take care , Margaret Blair in Tasmanianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-1243943328765601592012-09-20T13:28:44.739+10:002012-09-20T13:28:44.739+10:00Tiggynest, I think you're a true artist becaus...Tiggynest, I think you're a true artist because you're making your art accessible to so many people. I completely understand your comment and I know, that for myself, when I freely gave of myself and my ideas, that it brought so much more to me. I checked out your blog. It's beautiful and inspiring. I hope you get your book published.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-35776157370727339472012-09-20T11:57:56.581+10:002012-09-20T11:57:56.581+10:00Hi Rhonda,
I have been ready your blog for quite a...Hi Rhonda,<br />I have been ready your blog for quite a while now and this is my first comment. <br />I am an art teacher and contemporary textile artist. While taking some time off work for my family I started making things to sell online and at markets BUT........<br />I noticed a trend that I didn't fit into, I call it idea hoarding. I got lovely responses to the things I made and people would often ask how I made them. I found it really hard not to share my ideas, where I got my supplies from etc. It is natural for me to teach and share my ideas but that's not a good business plan! So I gave up trying to make money and now I just share all my ideas and tutorials for free through blogging. I am a much happier crafter since I decided to teach others and just make the things I wanted to. Instead of focussing on making money through craft I now focus on saving money through making things myself and sharing my creative adventures so others can too. I hope to write a book one day, if only to be able to hold all my words and photos neatly in my hands and gift it to me children and future generations. Humans have a rich history of passing on skills and crafts and I am trying to continue this tradition in my own little way through blogging and teaching.<br />Thank you so much for you blog, it is truly inspiring :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-42130818320126496982012-09-20T10:50:19.095+10:002012-09-20T10:50:19.095+10:00Happy birthday Hanno! Blessings and good health ...Happy birthday Hanno! Blessings and good health to you in the upcoming year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-20148023371706390982012-09-20T10:21:57.450+10:002012-09-20T10:21:57.450+10:00I havent done it yet, but the blurb booksmart tech...I havent done it yet, but the blurb booksmart technology allows you to export a blog to a book and then get it printed (For a fee of course!) There must be other personal book printing technologies available that do the same thing. Hope that helps :)Keahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043349440924128979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-23178199016355502852012-09-20T10:19:55.618+10:002012-09-20T10:19:55.618+10:00Hello! This is a really good question. I have a bl...Hello! This is a really good question. I have a blog which is in the public domain, but its about private things (i.e.: things im sure other people wouldnt care about and/or google :) I started it up because I had a small baby and realised that keeping up with the baby book "at the time" of the events happening was pretty difficult for me. I'm on the computer a bit (keeping in touch with friends who live far far away and also with my online studies) so a blog seemed like an easy way (also I'm a 'gen y' so its more natural for me) to keep memories. <br />After a little while i started linking in with another blog on slow living, and all of a sudden I had over a thousand views. I felt a little weird about this - as most of the blog posts (other than the linked ones) are personal. I started getting into the idea of morphing to a blog that other people read. But after a few months I stopped linking in as I preferred my 'privacy' even though it is a public blog. When I fell pregnant recently I eased up on the posts and am mostly posting pictures. Only because my brain has turned foggy and writing a blog is not high on my priority list of brain power concentration! At the end of the year I will export the blog to a Blurb book and get it printed... I aim to do that every year. We have loads of photo albums from when I was a kid, because my mum took the time to make them. Instead of printing our digital photo's and then putting in an album, i'll be printing the album in a book. <br /><br />And the other reason I started is because when I went to write my first assignment for uni, i realised that years spent on spreadsheets had rendered my ability to put a concise sentence together pretty much null. I needed to practice writing. <br />I'm young (30 yrs - but i feel young!) but I love your blog and the advice it gives. The apron and homemaker posts you wrote have pretty much changed my life since becoming a stay at home mum. I was well on the way to PND because I thought that there was something missing because I wasn't working. Now... I love it. So thank you very much :) Keahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043349440924128979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-9165923131804110512012-09-20T10:08:08.300+10:002012-09-20T10:08:08.300+10:00I know I'm a day late but happy birthday to Ha...I know I'm a day late but happy birthday to Hanno. I'm glad you both had a lovely day in private celebration x x Calico Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-42144599419039890922012-09-20T09:09:04.698+10:002012-09-20T09:09:04.698+10:00Happy birthday Hanno!
I have wanted to start a ...Happy birthday Hanno! <br /><br />I have wanted to start a blog for a long time but have no idea how to start. Would be very interested to do your on-line course.<br />Love your blog Rhonda and have been an avid follower for a very long time. Thank you for all your hard work.<br />DilkaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-30301437656342813332012-09-20T09:01:17.859+10:002012-09-20T09:01:17.859+10:00Firstly Happy Birthday Hanno, such a wonderful ach...Firstly Happy Birthday Hanno, such a wonderful achievement to reach 72! WOW all that lovely wisdom and life smarts you can share. Have a terrific day.<br />I love reading blogs, and definitely would like to know how to get started with blogging. I would blog to connect with people, to learn new and interesting things from them and to chat about everyday life. I have just this year moved to our new property at a beach in Far nth Qld and are building a house atm. I am living in the shed at the back of the block. Will be starting a new garden, and planing it soon. Just getting the house to lock-uo stage, before the dreaded cyclone season starts, so as to insure it. It is amazing how one rethinks their life, when living simply. Blogging would help me talk through these issues, with myself and others out in computer-land, Love your blog, can't wait to here from you each and every day. Thanks Rhonda! DiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-20704085152353097762012-09-20T08:46:15.112+10:002012-09-20T08:46:15.112+10:00Hi Rhonda
I enjoyed this post and your insights ! ...Hi Rhonda<br />I enjoyed this post and your insights ! I blog on www.thesolsticewriter.com as a way of exploring the world in terms of nature, self sufficiency and community. I hope to inspire others to explore for themselves and connect with the abundance that surrounds us. I'm starting to realise that blogging is as much a journey for my readers as it is for myself. I just wanted to let you know I've been enjoying your blog for some time and adore your book. I think I was already on the path to finding a simple life, but only realised this fully after reading your book! Best wishes, JustineJustine Maunsellhttp://www.thesolsticewriter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-7983203057923193082012-09-20T05:28:39.586+10:002012-09-20T05:28:39.586+10:00Hannah, I am lucky that my blog is being archived ...Hannah, I am lucky that my blog is being archived by the Australian National Library so even if Google disappears, it will be on file at the library.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-89012214181948866882012-09-20T03:44:04.653+10:002012-09-20T03:44:04.653+10:00Happy Birthday to Hanno - so glad he is doing well...Happy Birthday to Hanno - so glad he is doing well! I began blogging because few people I know in *real life* share our values. I wanted to get positive feedback, and to show others that a large family, a frugal lifestyle, and a farm are worth having. There are days I love my blog and days I want to quit.... but I keep going with it.<br /><br />A lovely post, as usual. And the video in the ginger beer post is lovely - how wonderful to hear your voice, Rhonda! ~JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-29711510066646883102012-09-20T03:36:25.953+10:002012-09-20T03:36:25.953+10:00Hi Rhonda,
Your blog prompted a question: you wrot...Hi Rhonda,<br />Your blog prompted a question: you wrote that you love that your grandchildren will be able to read the blog later in their lives. I agree with the sentiment, but I wonder: how do you (in general) ensure this? Do you print your blogs and make it into a photo album? Do you save it someway on the computer? If so, what method do you use? Or do you trust the server company to store your blog for the years to come (over 20+ years)? I have been wrecking my brain about this, so I'm curious how you approach this. <br />Thanks, Hannah1cestmoiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-46893830919364699012012-09-20T03:26:16.102+10:002012-09-20T03:26:16.102+10:00Happy Birthday, Hanno!! I am wishing you another ...Happy Birthday, Hanno!! I am wishing you another great, healthy, safe year :)<br /><br />I just started a blog (and this will be my very first comment using my blog account - now I'm officially public!). My husband and I just bought a 40-acre farm, and we are just over 800 km from our closest family, our parents. I wanted a way to keep the family up-to-date that didn't include bombarding them with lengthy emails or Faceook posts (and this also allows us to connect with those who aren't on Facebook, too). My coworkers are enjoying seeing what I get up to at home (and why I'm so sore every Monday!) and the family loves seeing the pictures as we complete projects. In the future, it could evolve into a sort of 'how-to' blog similar to yours. My husband (who also posts on the blog) hopes to start a vlog too, and I figure we can just upload the videos to YouTube and then embed them in the blog posts.<br /><br />I also want to say that your blog is really the inspiration that convinced me that this lifestyle is attainable and rewarding. Change is always a bit difficult for me, but with your encouragement I started to think about what's in restaurant and other processed food, what's in commercial soap and other goods, and where my hard-earned money is going. We now make our own soup, try to eat mostly home-made meals (although I admit that I'm a horrible cook, my food is always so bland! But I'll learn...), and try to keep our money in our account to pay off various debts and hopefully put a little extra on the mortgage each year. So thank you from the bottom of my heart, Rhonda, for showing us that simple changes can really affect quality of life.<br /><br />All my best to you, Hanno and the family,<br />MandiLone Pine Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906485631802477304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-28041980027529019942012-09-20T03:03:40.906+10:002012-09-20T03:03:40.906+10:00Hi!! Why I blog??? First of all, I began blogging ...Hi!! Why I blog??? First of all, I began blogging to have a record of my family life.Because now that I have grown up children, many times I can´t remember how do we live when we were ten at home, or how did I manage with food or clothes or some funny stories that the kids remember but I don´t. I can´t write as frecuently as I would like to... I try to blog at least once a week, but although I have only two kids now at home, I have to work outside and cook and tend to the house so.... there isn´t enough time!!<br />But when I can sit down and write and blog pictures i love it!!!!<br />I also love reading others blogs, looking at wonderful pictures, learning new recipes and feeling that I´m connected via web with people from far away countries.<br />I never missed a post from your blog, Rhonda! I have your book! (Thanks to an australian friend) and I´m enjoying it a lot!!!<br />Nothing else, I don´t have followers but I like blogging !!!!!! <br />Happy birthday to Hanno and thanks for everything!!!!!!!!!!!alehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03496802254012576405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-18626819053796805562012-09-20T02:57:25.956+10:002012-09-20T02:57:25.956+10:00Happy Birthday Hanno! Hope your arm is coming alo...Happy Birthday Hanno! Hope your arm is coming along nicely and you'll soon be fit and well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com