It's been a while hasn't it? I'm not going to lie, I have gone back and forth over giving up this space and letting it go or just keep paying for it every month and not doing anything with it, which is what I have been doing. Truth be told however, this little blog holds 17 years worth of memories…did you read this…17 YEARS!
Sitting out here in my summer yard one night I thought about these years. These years that I have met some of my now dearest friends, which is priceless to me. These years that I have shared so many laughs and memories with you. These years that I have shared my children's growing up years. These years that I shared my dear dogs, my show days, my breeding days and my love..and sometimes frustrations with them. (Aging dogs with dementia…challenging!)
My life has changed in so many ways, as I know so much has changed for so many of you who I met along my blogging journey. I have been incredibly blessed to meet so many amazing people when blogging was a real thing and we were excited about this new medium that we discovered!
You know what I mean?… right? The days before Facebook and Instagram reduced us to snippets of ourselves instead of belonging to a community of like minded people. I miss the community that we once were, and even though we can never go back to what once was, I'm going go pick it up and go forward with it again, especially because Facebook makes my brain hurt these days…LOL.
I'm not going to be posting every day, but I'm looking forward to finding my community of people again in a much quieter way. as I visit Facebook less and less.
Here is a link to my very first post back in 2004…hello. ❤️
The Woolen Rabbit 
Thank you for staying!
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So.. I will if you will. I miss this platform.
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Hello! So lovely to see you in my blog feed once again. I have some socks made from yarn I purchased from you many years ago: still keeping my feet warm and cozy. Thank you for taking the time to write and connect.
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Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement Sidney!
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Gah, I have to figure out why typepad isn’t sending me comments. So much to remember and navigate!
Let’s do it and build our community again!! ❤️
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See? I knew if I held out long enough you’d come back! Blogging is still relevant and our community may be smaller but it is just as genuine as ever. Love you.
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Love you right back my friend!! I miss those days of blogging and reading blogs. I need to get my blog feed set back up again as my home page.
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Nice to see you back! I think we should make a pact to revive the blogs. FB has been giving me hives.
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I can’t believe that TP still doesn’t have an app that’s usable on an iPad. It would have brought me back years ago. I sit with an iPad off and on all day. My photos are edited on iPad. Rarely my computer.
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I agree, it doesn’t seem that typepad has kept up with technology. I usually do prefer my laptop, but all of my photos are edited on my iPhone for the most part.
This comment issue is driving me crazy, because I haven’t changed any of my settings so it has to be on typepad’s end
If it wasn’t for the 17 years I have invested here, I would switch blogging mediums, but I don’t want to erase all of these years.
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Yay! It would be lovely to see you in this space again.
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Glad to see you back. I’m still unwilling to give up reading blogs, so whenever someone is contemplating giving their’s up (as is, of course, their right), I will always raise my hand to say — I’m here. I’m reading. So, if you come back here, I will be here.
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It’s always nice to see you again, Kim, whenever you invite us over! 🙂
(Giving up Facebook several years ago was the BEST thing I’ve done on social media.)
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Thank you!! I’m pretty close to giving it up, the only reason I have hung onto it is to see cute pictures of my grandchildren and keep up with friends. I do find I visit there less and less now though. As Loretta said, it kind of gives me hives too. 🙄
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Was lovely to see a post from you on my feed today! I’m still here reading. Some of my favorite knits are from your yarn–my Isadora scarf, several iterations of Elisbeth hat and headband,and several cowls. I live for the cooler days coming up so I can start wearing them again!
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So good to see you Kim! I get it…I’m retiring on the 15th and am going to try to give it a go again as well. Knitters are the best!
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Glad to see you back!
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