tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post7885765857113501558..comments2024-03-29T18:36:44.216+11:00Comments on A peaceful day: Should I stop blogging?Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-79011005421815835582012-03-21T06:11:44.113+11:002012-03-21T06:11:44.113+11:00I'm glad you decided to keep blogging. I enjo...I'm glad you decided to keep blogging. I enjoy reading your thoughtful posts.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059015090512175705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-64253645430759076342012-03-13T20:16:55.291+11:002012-03-13T20:16:55.291+11:00Please don't stop blogging! I enjoy reading w...Please don't stop blogging! I enjoy reading whatever it is that you have to say. I don't usually comment, and I don't 'do' FB. I read through Google Reader so am often behind (I don't like that word; always 'catching up'!).<br /><br />A kiwiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-66914110579924492572012-03-10T23:00:06.698+11:002012-03-10T23:00:06.698+11:00I'm glad your going to continue blogging :-). ...I'm glad your going to continue blogging :-). Perhaps you could revisit any new Anzac Day book finds. I just bought some of the ones off your previous list. I'm also looking for books about Easter. Always looking for Australian history books too :-)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764945456226557171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-58153788568457925842012-03-10T22:45:06.980+11:002012-03-10T22:45:06.980+11:00Hi Jeanne,
I very rarely comment but read your bl...Hi Jeanne,<br /><br />I very rarely comment but read your blog regularly. As I mentioned on CM and Friends ANZ I actually follow very closely what you do. My eldest in a year behind your Jemimah and I'm so pleased that you have blogged about your knowledge of Australian literature. It would be a real shame to see you stop blogging - this is from a totally selfish point of view as I know that my kids will have a great Australianised AO curriculum. But I would also miss getting to know you better without ever meeting you.<br /><br />I do hope you continue as I too don't do facebook and would miss reading one of my favourite blogs.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-4946924604538602292012-03-09T13:07:05.934+11:002012-03-09T13:07:05.934+11:00I think you are a great writer. If you choose to ...I think you are a great writer. If you choose to slow down or stop, I could understand that decision. Maybe you should direct your energy into a book? :-)<br /><br />Here is what I would like to hear:<br />I would like to hear about daily life in Australia. Never having been there, I find it fascinating.<br /><br />You mentioned that Jemimah is not like you, which makes me wonder in what way she is not like you. However, I totally understand not posting personal issues on the internet.J's momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-82444658602699634912012-03-09T09:58:53.420+11:002012-03-09T09:58:53.420+11:00Dear Jeanne,
Oh I AM a bit slow sometimes lol! I j...Dear Jeanne,<br />Oh I AM a bit slow sometimes lol! I just emailed the CMANZ yahoo group addressed to you and then saw this post lol!<br />Anyway, I am ecstatic that you are going to continue blogging, yay, yay yay!<br />My suggestion would be to continue writing but perhaps not so often ( I know personally I don't read blogs everyday so sometimes when I do visit I have multiple posts to catch up on and only leave comments on one or two sometimes. I know this is just my perspective but hoping it might shed light on why maybe some others also dont comment enough?) <br />But if you are happy for me to not comment on every post, go for it girl! <br />I hope you are feeling much better after reading all the above comments and may they continue...you might set a record for the number of comments on a homeschool blog, who knows?:)<br />I would not have had the courage to tackle AO if it wasn't for you for which I am SO grateful!<br />btw, I believe the other Pam that commented above might? be your secret blog reader who is one of my dear real life friends in Sydney. Hi Pam!<br />much love<br />Rosemary<br />p.s. Ruby I also cant seem to get the follow up comments thingy going:)Joyfulmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888086629467112175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-18626977578344092362012-03-09T00:24:55.532+11:002012-03-09T00:24:55.532+11:00I'm speaking entirely of my own selfishness wh...I'm speaking entirely of my own selfishness when I say "Don't stop!" I've been online less lately-well, reading blogs anyway, but I love to read yours! It'd be just strange if you were no longer 'here'. See entirely selfish. Now, I've not read others comments but there are quite a few so I'm sure there are many who are saying don't stop as well. <br />I think that no matter what you blog about (hmmm, I think) it will be of help to 'someone' out there. So keep writing- even just some, that's what I think :)Blossom Barden (NorthLaurel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07809939585303395939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-76722254038610328172012-03-08T23:14:39.174+11:002012-03-08T23:14:39.174+11:00Oh, yes ... please keep blogging. The blogs I usua...Oh, yes ... please keep blogging. The blogs I usually read fully are about your perspectives, your experiences, your passion for nature, books, culture ... virtue. I also really value the resources you share.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time. <br /><br />(I agree you should do it for YOU ... as well as US, cuz I'm blessed by it.)Glory Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816481384773698544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-29691376030948891072012-03-08T23:02:03.706+11:002012-03-08T23:02:03.706+11:00Oh please don't stop. I love hearing all the ...Oh please don't stop. I love hearing all the details about your homeschooling and thoughts. It helps me think things through. <br /><br />I used to blog and would love to again in some ways but just can't fit it in at the moment. So I love reading blogs that encourage me in what I'm doing.<br /><br />Pam<br />the other oneUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619730481444338254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-3565852231151063442012-03-08T18:30:14.703+11:002012-03-08T18:30:14.703+11:00Feeling better!!!!! I do enjoy your blog as it is ...Feeling better!!!!! I do enjoy your blog as it is quite different to many others, so pleae keep it up :)Finding Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882774610725490491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-86746544465872087422012-03-08T15:43:44.330+11:002012-03-08T15:43:44.330+11:00Blogging is a funny thing isn't it? I have act...Blogging is a funny thing isn't it? I have actually have had little desire to blog this last month or to read other people's blogs. But that may change later on in the year. ;)<br /><br />Since I vanished from the social media world, I find myself really enjoying just where I am in real life - my family, my friends, homeschooling. <br /><br />I have been popping in from time to time, to read a post or two on your blog of late, but haven't commented. Glad you are going to continue. I do enjoy your blog. xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-28900501046021994422012-03-08T15:30:48.461+11:002012-03-08T15:30:48.461+11:00Please don't stop! Out of all the blogs on my...Please don't stop! Out of all the blogs on my sidebar, yours is one of the few that I always read when there is a new post. I always read, seldom comment. Had it not been for you and your blog, I might never have discovered Hiroshige, Totoro (well maybe that one I would have), the Tapper Lives of the Musicians series, or Blinky Bill.Books For Breakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186942675406365328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-82950379808669933972012-03-08T15:08:37.541+11:002012-03-08T15:08:37.541+11:00sorry dear Jeanne i'm one of the naughty peopl...sorry dear Jeanne i'm one of the naughty people who has stopped blogging, it's just seasons and cycles. I don't get to check blogs as often as I used to but I do still read yours when I get the chance and am glad you are not abandoning it :-)caz1975https://www.blogger.com/profile/09665175583347922829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-5558733609974454462012-03-08T14:17:05.884+11:002012-03-08T14:17:05.884+11:00Just came over to read the responses. I don't...Just came over to read the responses. I don't get follow up emails from your comments, Jeanne. Is that the way it is set? I see I can subscribe to comments? Not sure how to do that but I'll sus it out. Most blogs you get the follow ups and I find that interesting, especially if I want to reply to something said.Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705309602853231946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-32575193364814958622012-03-08T12:58:40.426+11:002012-03-08T12:58:40.426+11:00Oh, and I NEVER check fb, so please don't drop...Oh, and I NEVER check fb, so please don't drop this for that!DaughterofEvenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-17103885670917732032012-03-08T12:57:01.281+11:002012-03-08T12:57:01.281+11:00No, no, no, noooooo!!!!! Not stop!
Phew! Yes! Sti...No, no, no, noooooo!!!!! Not stop!<br /><br />Phew! Yes! Still going!<br /><br />I'm sorry! I apologise! So very selfish of me to glean so much from you and not give back.<br /><br />Besides, I send LOTS of people to your treasure trove and it would be really BAD if it weren't here anymore!<br /><br />The thing I like most in your blog is your day to day life. Issues, homeschooling questions, world events - I love to hear your perspective on all of them, but its you, yourself, and what you get up to that make the blog enjoyable. <br /><br />I check in most days, hoping for an update.DaughterofEvenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-85109433532793135262012-03-08T12:05:11.833+11:002012-03-08T12:05:11.833+11:00I for one am SOO pleased you are still blogging. ...I for one am SOO pleased you are still blogging. When I saw your header my heart sank, thinking you were saying goodbye, when I read your conclusion I smiled for joy:):) You have much to offer the hsing blogging community in particular sharing our Aussie heritage (and books of course;) and it is a community, sometimes the comments are slow but the readers are there. <br />btw I;m not on fb so I'd miss your sharing if you were no longer blogging:(<br />I'd love to have more book chat of course:) Let's dig deep into Australian genre.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448595911801738792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-70811204497890609172012-03-08T10:30:37.013+11:002012-03-08T10:30:37.013+11:00I can hear you laughing this morning dear Jeanne w...I can hear you laughing this morning dear Jeanne with 20 comments so far and I'm the 21st...hehe! I think you should keep writing about all your passions, all those things that bring this blog alive because it makes you alive and that permeates throughout your writings. Just keep being 'YOU' and all that makes you! xxxSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507551793424616654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-86044434242539662162012-03-08T09:31:04.571+11:002012-03-08T09:31:04.571+11:00I just finished emailing a friend to encourage her...I just finished emailing a friend to encourage her not to give up on homeschooling. I shared this Bible verse with her:<br />Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. (Gal 6:9). <br />I'm going to share it with you too Jeannie.<br />There is no doubt that your blog is sharing wisdom and joy with readers somewhere out there in blogland. (I know I enjoy reading your blog but I'm a terribly slack commenter. I'm sorry.) I look at my own blog as maybe a gift to someone out there looking (it helps that I love the giving/writing part). When we give a gift we don't expect a reward but it's true, it's nice to be thanked occasionally. Thank you for your blog Jeannie. You inspire and motivate me (and you cause my bank balance to groan with new book suggestions. Hehehe). Please keep blogging. Facebook is no substitute for blog land. It's like giving a gift voucher instead of a real gift. I look forward to your gifts of wisdom and insight, humour and struggle, and even your everyday bits and bobs. The blog world would mourn your loss. I know my heart skipped a beat when I saw your post title.Traceyhttp://homeschoolblogger.com/littlemen/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-51952056289059893032012-03-08T09:14:26.593+11:002012-03-08T09:14:26.593+11:00Oh, I'm so glad you're going to keep blogg...Oh, I'm so glad you're going to keep blogging :) <br />Like others have said, I'm glad to know you, and i know you because of your blog :) <br /><br />I'd love to hear what you and Jemimah think of Sally's Story - only because I don't think you'll really like it. I think Sally Morgan does a good job of telling her mother and grandmother's stories in My Place, but her own story was, to me, quite rambly and uninteresting. There were things she mentions in passing that I'd have loved to know more about, but she doesnt explain - particularly her faith story (she marries a Christian, is she one too?). If I was to recommend it I would tell someone just to read the three biographies inside the story but to skip Sally's story.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331862535368805034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-9739485259508770352012-03-08T08:45:13.913+11:002012-03-08T08:45:13.913+11:00As you know I love and appreciate how you have Aus...As you know I love and appreciate how you have Australianised AO. You have a breadth of knowledge regarding Australian literature and resources that has enabled me to give Lucy an education that is appropriate for a little Australian.<br />As well as that I have learnt about places I would not have otherwise eg. Zetta Florence. You have helped me to make reality of what are often vague ideas in my head.<br />I would miss your blog terribly. Even though I rarely comment I read every post, checking daily to see if there is anything new.<br />Despite all this you need to do what God wants you to do. <br />You could be the one who gets me into facebook. My children would then call you a miracle worker.<br />Thanks for letting us into your life.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09343902100920059797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-32160567756950899732012-03-08T07:21:32.081+11:002012-03-08T07:21:32.081+11:00it is hard to keep your "real" life priv...it is hard to keep your "real" life private ,if you don't say reasonably anonymous. So then it leaves what this blog is really about - homeschooling<br />Like any schooling it is cyclical ... and after a few years some what predictable.... blog when you do have something to say... does not have to be daily... then go use the time to spend in your "real" life - which is probably missing out from you blog time... then share the little things on your Facebook.<br />People who follow a blog for a time eventually get to know the "on-line" persona of the blogger well enough not to ask so many questions. So just like the embassy question above - how do you keep expanding what you share without compromising the anonymity of you, your family and close friends??? Even your daughter, as she gets older may become uncomfortable, to be identified in this cyber world.<br />Blogs that are openly shared on the internet - are exactly that open to the world- you have no idea who reads them. -I can see that at the beginning you shared a lot more about your family and where you live - to the point where I must say I was getting concerned that even tho' you tried to keep your true identity anonymous; if anybody truly wanted to know who you were and which weekends your beautiful house was empty for intruders it would not have been difficult.<br />My advise would be - ask yourself what was lacking in your life that you had time to put so much up here, and what do you have in you life now that obviously fills that space.<br />Blog when you have something on homeschooling to share to the open cycler world if that was what the blog was set up for.<br />Make your Facebook you more personal cyber space where you can be better indentified and share the more personal things that identify you - with those you know and truly trust well enough because you actually know who you are<br />Personal security is priority for both the blogger and those referred to in the block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-56235620222356088082012-03-08T05:54:09.652+11:002012-03-08T05:54:09.652+11:00You just about stopped my heart--I thought you wer...You just about stopped my heart--I thought you were going to stop! I'm glad you're not.<br /><br />If you're looking for ideas, I'd love to hear about your time outside, what you do for nature study, how your garden is growing, the books you are reading--especially the Japanese fiction (The Devotion of Suspect X was a thrilling read)--, your ideas and plans for repairing your home, vacation plans you're taking, what you're doing this weekend, the things you enjoy cooking in the kitchen. And you could also share about your amazing history with Mr Peaceful Day and how you came to be at an embassy ball in Saudi Arabia? That's kind of unusual and something that doesn't happen for everyone. So many stories to tell!Sarahhttp://atsarahstable.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-60291055623008758332012-03-08T05:28:40.274+11:002012-03-08T05:28:40.274+11:00I'm always happy when your updates hit Goggle ...I'm always happy when your updates hit Goggle reader, so I'd miss you.<br /><br />But whether your blog is a blessing to you right now or now, I don't know. You've certainly got a lot of energy drains at the moment, so one less schedule might help. Are you the sort of person who can let go of something knowing that it's not forever? Scale back to once a week or so? Or an all or nothing girl? Have you ever stopped another hobby? How did you feel about it?<br /><br />That's probably not much help. oh well.christinethecurioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282023931644546370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-58285441488086476062012-03-08T05:18:15.284+11:002012-03-08T05:18:15.284+11:00I'm glad you are staying. Please do so. I alwa...I'm glad you are staying. Please do so. I always read you, even if I'm not able to comment, as I say, I always find wisdom, fun, and a great time reading all you have to say.<br /><br />I've thought about closing the bog too, I see others as you say who do, some come new... at the end of the day, even when I write a post with all my heart and brains to receive no comments in it, I get that email, that comment, that word that makes me cry and that encourages me beyond believe.<br /><br />What could you write about? I can't help you with specifics, any, anything you decide I enjoy in different degrees. <br /><br />Love and appreciation.<br />sSilviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.com