Well, some miscreant deleted all 10 of the blogs I’ve kept starting in 2006. It’s rather pathetic, n’est pas? I mean how low do you have to be to get pleasure out of deleting a person’s private family blog consisting of family photos including those of great grandparents.
I had over 2,000 posts on my most popular blog and this has been a major loss.
Yet, I’ve got to gambatte just as the Japanese do.
I started a new Blogger blog, but Google didn’t list it in on my new account. Looking at various bulletin board it seems that this is happening to lots of people, so I’m done with Google and am getting acquainted with WordPress, which seems to offer a better option.
Thus here’s a new blog where I’ll write my musings on life, rants, opinions, experiences and observations.
I do have some posts saved and I’ll throw them up here.
Ruined for Life: Phoenix Edition 
I wish you luck – but I have no hope. 🙂
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Keep your head up, a blog is not a life. You will find the force to start over.
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Loss: I’ve been a photographer since I was 22, Over the years you can imagine how many rolls of film, prints and albums I accumulated in that time. I was living in Chicago in a 2 story walk-up in the Lincoln park area.It was a great loftesque top floor flat shaped like a triangle on a six corner so all the architecture was built to fit all the angles of the roadways. I had storage in the basement through the ground floor salon. The major wall of the basement butted up to the alley and flooded one year after a huge snow year. Most of my valuable stuff was off the floor but we had just gone down there the week before to organize or look for something and left it disheveled. I had a rubbermaid full of just prints not organized, just thrown in that filled up with water and with no idea of where the negs were I was disheveled!
I now keep all my prints in old Kodak print paper boxes or shoe boxes[off the floor] Look for Negative vs Digital here in the future.
Everything happens for a reason……..and we move on.
Thank you for the link on your Weekly Photo challenge: Distortion post. ((bow))
cheers
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That was a major loss. It’s good that we can learn to move on under such circumstances and to prevent future. We should think about how to insure digital safety.
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Yes, we move on, learn and improve. Loss is part of life.
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ouch! that is tough…
however as MadMan says, a blog is not a life – which is a good thing.
So courage and lots of fun to you as you begin again. Hope you enjoy WordPress. Happy Blogging!
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I am happy that I stumbled on your blog through Shards of China. I like your photography and your writing. I look forward to seeing much more…. I am SORRY about the loss of your blog; I bet it feels as if you’ve been violated.
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Hey all the very best for your new journey. I am sure you are going to succeed in your new innings. And thanks so much for choosing my post.
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I don’t really remember how I got here except that you left a comment on my Kimono post on Word Press. I have commented all over the place since I clicked your link. Thanks for stopping.
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Your welcome. I’ll check out your blog. It’s interesting how blogs help us travel here and there.
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http://lovelyseasonscomeandgo.wordpress.com
oh my gosh. I am so sorry you went thru this. I appreciate and enjoy your blog here. thanks for liking my post “english vinglish” Betty
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I hope that something like this does not happen to me, wow, that’s a lot of posts you lost. How could someone do this type of thing. its horrible.
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How unfortunate!! Word Press is definitely the way to fly–they’ve been wonderful to me. God bless your latest efforts, hugely.
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I can only imagine how you are feeling, especially losing photographs of family. You are moving on to a better place! Good luck and thanks for liking my sign. I look forward to seeing more of your writings. Sally
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Time does heal all wounds, at least enough to teach us compassion and to move on. I’ll keep my eye on your blog too.
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Thanks. Pleased to have found you here and the very best of luck with this venture. Regards from Thom at the immortal jukebox.
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Thanks!
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…wuoh – how come they just delete a whole blog?! Was it the hosting company? Didn’t they have to tell you first so you had a chance to save your posts and photographs? I’m very sorry about what happened – I hope this new blog will keep you happy as well 🙂 !
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This blog is very satisfying and so far I’ve had no problems with WordPress. Google just deleted in with no explanation despite my emails and letters. They’re so big they don’t care about their customers.
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Hi Susan, I am nominating you for the Liebster Award. Go here: http://sberrypa.com/2015/06/21/the-liebster-award/. If for any reason you decline, I will not be offended. This is my congratulations on writing a wonderful blog.
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Thank you. I’ll click on the link and follow through later today when I’ve finished my homework.
Merci beaucoup. Arigatto. Xie xie.
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Hey Susan. I only just happened to see on the sidebar to read that your previous blog got deleted. Oh my gosh. I am so sorry to hear that!! That is ridiculous and I completely sympathize with you about that. A blog takes a lot of time and effort to take up and especially when it’s something that you were working on for a number of years too. Knock on wood that it never happens to you again or me or anyone we know! So it was a blog that you were keeping on Google? Do you mind me asking what happened that caused it to be deleted?
Cheers 🙂
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Thank you for linking to my page. Can’t imagine the hurt of losing all those photos. Good luck with this one.
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So far so good. Fingers crossed. I do try to download a back up now and then. I’ll do that again today.
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WordPress is excellent, I’ve got too many blogs and never had a problem losing any of them! Have fun, and many thanks for liking ‘A Biker’s Guide’ enough to follow 🙂
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Yes, I agree WordPress is wonderful. It’s led the way for attractive themes that can be personalized. Also, there’s a feeling of community via activities like the Weekly Photo Challenge.
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Absolutely! 😀
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Hi Susan, What an awful experience. So sorry, but as many have said, one can start anew and I think you will like WP very much. Thanks for sharing a link of my photography post. All the best to you!
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PLEASE, yes, I am shouting because you’re not answering my comments. TAKE ALL LINKS TO MY BLOG OFF YOUR “MASS LINKING LISTS” FOR THE PHOTO CHALLENGES. My blog is http:amandaricks.com
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Hi Susan (I hope I have your name correct). I’m still new to blogging and use a free account with WordPress. I use mine to maintain a smallish set of short stories that I’m have some success with. I’ve never heard of a blog being deleted out from beneath the owner. that would be devastating and now you have me thinking I should do some kind of backup external to WP. If you do learn anything about why someone or some company would do this, please share. All the best.
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All the very best to you in starting all over.
Regards, Teresa
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I hear you on the frustrations of lost posts …. I’ve done my share of agonising over matters blogging, so I feel for you.
Good one you for starting this blog and moving on, though. Our Gain.
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Thanks for your kind words.
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