Missing my comments the last few days? I tried--many times. I tried so many times that Google said there was unusual activity (it was me trying to comment) and denied access to my email account. Then my blog disappeared for a while. All is straightened out now. While I was working on gathering tax papers, my husband was installing IE9 on the desktop and the laptop. With those upgrades, I could not post comments on either computer. Cussing didn't help.
For a while I thought the blog universe was getting even with me for a comment I posted on William Cook's site earlier this week--something like "Why does your second drawing remind me of my mother grinding sausage?" His drawings were beautiful; his words were about star charts, string theory, and Calubi-You manifold. What? Check out his blog.
Some of you might have thought I was prescient--first I paint a cemetery; then I disappear. I'm back. I'll catch up on comments soon.
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Hallie you're a doll. Thanks. I trust you saw my response to that sausage grinder comment? I'll never see the drawing the same way again. As for the computer, humph. Do what PAMO did--fire him. Best regards, Bill
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I just read another blogger who said she couldn't comment either. I wonder if it is for the same reason?
ReplyDeleteGood to hear your are back!! ( I mean , with your last post....). But we will wait for you! Hugs
ReplyDeleteDon't sweat it. I thought your comment was refreshing after all the science talk, which glazed my eyes and fogged my head. You brought me back to earth with a chuckle. Your work is beautiful, very thoughtful, very admirable. It does not look like a sculptor out of her element.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a painter in command of their medium. I envy you the transition you've made while I'm still feeling it out.
Anytime you upgrade anything on a computer, you lose something else - I think it's a rule. Glad you are back!!
ReplyDeleteHELLLLLLLLO Hallie (tin cup and string) ARE YOU THERE?
ReplyDeleteGlad you have reappeared!
ReplyDeleteCussing doesn't seem to help with computers or husbands! The computer and I have an agreement now........
Akkkk I think I sent my comment to you twice! And no cussing involved.
ReplyDeleteHi William. I did read your response to the sausage grinder comment and, as I suspected, you have a good sense of humor. I can't fire my husband; he's very good at talking with tech in India.
ReplyDeleteHi Autumn Leaves. I did a bit of research and, evidently, I'm not the only one who's had a probably posting comments--there's probably a simple solution someplace.
Thanks Jane. It's been a busy day; I just now getting back to the computer. I'll be reading blogs later.
Hi Linda. My art began with painting (in the early 60s). My first sculpture with the chisel and mallet, though, felt so natural (probably because of my love of tools) that I stuck with it for about 35 years. I liked the messiness of clay, too. I'm re-learning to paint; but my paintings are usually very similar to my sculptures.
ReplyDeleteYes, Rhonda. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Hi Celeste. I can hear you. The problem was no one could hear me.
Hi Carole; I'm happy to be back. I think I only cussed when my blog disappeared. I then had no way of finding the blogs I follow. I think I should make a list--just in case. Lesson learned.
ReplyDeleteGood to know you are ok Hallie. I tried to find you blog earlier this week and the message was it was no longer available. Whew, now I'm relieved. Have a great weekend of creativity!
ReplyDelete~ Kathleen Krucoff
Hi Hallie, glitches are not solely a Google problem. I have a Yahoo email account that is total unassessable for days at a time.It comes and goes so I had to create a new account and notify all those who use it. Makes me a little nervous that I may miss something important, not to mention my friends who may think I'm on the outs or MIA. Scary to think how dependent we've become on the internet.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathleen. Gosh, I could have lost your emails and missed drooling over your jewelry.
ReplyDeleteHi Eva. I don't think Google created the problem; most likely, we missed something--or it's a Microsoft vs. Google thing. I really missed my connections to blogs.
Great to see you back, Hallie. Funny how life imitates art - like you said, paint a cemetary and disappear from the art blog world. Hallelujah for your blogsphere resurrection. I can hear the angels blowing their horns. And I am celebrating.
ReplyDeleteHallie- I'm still laughing and crying. I missed you those hours I thought you were gone and you know it really is all about me.... :-)))
ReplyDeleteI have been so busy working the show that I am behind in my blogger comments but I am glad you are back and even better you figured out what caused the problem.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary. I had wondered what happens if a blogger dies--I guess the final post goes on forever; especially if it's a free one. You may not be hearing angels.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pam. Like me, you are a worrier--it's built in; we imagine all kinds of things. We can only lighten up by making fun of ourselves (you're very good at that).
Hi Robin. Hope your weekend is a total success. I'm always suspicious of new and improved stuff--be it medicine or technology.
We surely would have missed your blog, Hallie. You have a way of entertaining. Maybe you should try writing a play. About the sculptress who morphs into a painter who morphs into a writer who morphs into an actress. We would have missed you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue. That is funny. I wrote a play in sixth grade--about a shotgun wedding (I'd heard the expression but didn't know what it meant). And I think I read that Fannie Flagg had done the same thing--must be a southern thing. End of my play-writing; I still laugh about it.
ReplyDeleteHi Hallie, if I would have been around the blogosphere this week I might have missed you. I'm glad I wasn't around to see your absence. I think I would have gotten worried like PAMO.
ReplyDeleteYour question about death and the blog is a compelling one. I've wondered something similar before. Since my wife has no idea how to post on a blog and none of my kids could give a care about it, how would the word get out if I were gone? Would people just assume I've quit blogging or will they think I'm listening to those angels? Silence can be so deafening... almost like a shotgun at a wedding.
So, have you been creating during all this computer down time?
-Don
PS, I like your screen capture...
Hi Don. I told Pam that I probably won't have the presence of mind to shut down my blog while waiting for the rescue squad. I guess we can worry if there's been no new post for several years. Your line "Silence can be so deafening....almost like a shotgun at a wedding" is so funny. I wasn't creating; mostly I was out of the house. I did wonder if this was a sign I should get off the computer and paint; i.e., follow your example.
ReplyDeleteHallie - wow - I would be really upset if my blog vanished. I have been meaning to print it all out one day, but who has the time? Glad it's all worked out because I want to see your paintings! I can't get too cheerful, you know. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Dan. Get started with that printing. When I had a show, I printed out the blogs about those specific paintings. For me, it wasn't an easy thing to set up--I'm sure there's an easier way. As for cheerful--someone has to wipe that smile off your avatar! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is one of the best compliments I've ever seen in the blogosphere--that someone you've not met in person (I presume) admires you that much (PAMO) to feel distress while you were "missing". You had to be touched by her post about missing u. It touched me and made me realize how truly lovely some "online" relationships are. Count me among your biggest fans, even though I had no idea that you were "gone" and I strongly doubt I will ever clean anything in your honor...I'm glad you are here. Welcome uh...back!
ReplyDeleteHi Celeste. I am very touched by PAMO's blog; I suspect my blog disappearance was the straw that broke the camel's back. We haven't met but she reminds me of myself--always trying something different and questioning herself. I think both of us are eyeball-deep in emotions and deal with it by using humor. And I also deep clean when I'm upset (didn't know anyone else did that).
ReplyDeleteSo you didn't miss me? I think that my coments on your blog posted, but I was unable to post on the blogs of SamArtDog, Robin, and Kathy. I kept trying--that's when I got kicked off. Google was very efficient when I figured out how to reactivate my account--very easy to do; gave them my phone no. and they called within one minute! Full disclosure: I own stock. Thanks for your comment.
Hallie, I can't remember where I recently read an article about when a blogger dies. It stated that the intellectual property belongs to the website, not the heirs, and can live on indefinitely. I suspect there will be some interesting legal briefs on the subject.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we need to file our access codes so our next of kin can take over where we left off. Seems like we are more likely than our blog to leave this world, though yours managed to do just that temporarily.
Hi Mary. I sort of heard a program on NPR about a nephew trying to close a Facebook account. I don't know the outcome; I tune in to NPR in the workshop when I'm painting--then I hear nothing.
ReplyDeleteIsn't there a poem by Robert Frost about returning if you don't like the Other Side?