Comments on: Blooms and Silver Alerts

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 12 May 2023 20:31:27 +0000

Hi Deb, great to hear! Love to hear you’ll be the last blogger standing. I don’t really want to change either. I’m old-school. And I saw that Rebecca Makkai is on Substack but I don’t intend to pay for content there. I pay for newspapers & books at times but not all the rest like podcasts & such. I don’t have the time either, LoL. There is some stuff free on Substack like historian Heather Cox Richardson, which I got emails from for awhile. But I like to pare down all of it. You are busy too! With your grandkids & your nature volunteering & book talks & writing etc. We can’t be on every platform right? … LoL

By: Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz — Thu, 11 May 2023 16:59:30 +0000

Susan, several authors I follow use Substack. It frustrates me a bit because everything they post is not free. I already buy their books so…Anyway, I never have really used Instagram (too many pictures vs. too few words) or Twitter (too few words) and I haven’t changed my blog platform in fifteen years. Perhaps I will be the last Blogger standing? Blogging is right up there with reading as my favorite hobby.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 04 May 2023 19:10:09 +0000

In reply to Aj @ Read All The Things!. Good AJ. I enjoy your blog too. Fun stuff. I'm old-school so blogging still works for me too. Have a great week. Happy reading.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 04 May 2023 19:05:57 +0000

In reply to Jodie.

Hi Jodie, nice to find your site. & Glad to have a Canuck here. I don’t know too much about Substack either — some of its content is free & other stuff is for pay. Not sure I have much time for all these platforms. Have a great week.

By: Aj @ Read All The Things!

Aj @ Read All The Things! — Thu, 04 May 2023 12:17:55 +0000

Sounds like a great trip! I don’t think individual blogs are going anywhere. Or, I hope they’re not. I’m still having fun with mine!

By: Jodie

Jodie — Thu, 04 May 2023 00:50:17 +0000

I haven’t read either of these authors before but the books sound interesting! I enjoyed your photos but haven’t heard of Substack so I need to check that out! Have a great week!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:54:19 +0000

In reply to Ti Reed. Hi Ti, yes we had a great visit in Calif. thanks! And your info is helpful about these platforms. I have not heard of Blue Sky but I've heard of a similar Twitter-kind of platform called The Post. Hmm. I agree there's just too much to really get involved with. I'm barely on these various things now. But I was curious about author Rebecca Makkai saying she writes reviews on Substack hmm. though I don't really pay for content on such sites. If Twitter goes to a pay site, I will drop it. Elon is pretty crazy. right?

By: Ti Reed

Ti Reed — Wed, 03 May 2023 15:34:18 +0000

I am glad your Cali trip went well.

I am not on Substack, nor do I plan to be. I can barely keep up with what I have but I was looking at Blue Sky as an alternative to Twitter. Elon’s random policy changes rub me the wrong way.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 01 May 2023 23:07:11 +0000

In reply to mae. Hi Mae, yeah I'm pretty old-school too so I'm not really going anywhere for the moment, nor do I have more time for various platforms etc. I'll just see how long I want to go on for. The simple life is good. Enjoy.

By: mae

mae — Mon, 01 May 2023 20:42:13 +0000

Blogger seems to me to just keep going for only a few people who still like the simple online life. I’m boring and just like to post photos of my simple life and cooking. I know blogs are two decades behind the rest of the world. So it goes. Good luck figuring out the next big thing.

best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com