It has been exactly a year since Susan in Glentham, Lincolnshire last blogged. At that time, her daughter Sarah was renovating a cottage with practical help from her father Paul. Sarah had recently returned to England after her marriage in Australia rather sadly imploded.
I followed "Susan Here There and Everywhere" for a few years, witnessing Sue's life with Paul in France before Brexit and arguably the ageing process made them decide to return to England - first to Sue's native Wiltshire and then to rural Lincolnshire.
Sue's blog was usually well-maintained and her blogposts were regular but then gaps in time occurred and it seemed that her commitment to blogging was waning. Perhaps she was simply becoming bored with the whole thing and had nothing left that she wanted to say. Of course there could be other reasons.
Sue was a lovely, intelligent correspondent with a dry sense of humour and an alertness to the absurdities of life. Maybe she'll return to blogging one day and there'll be more to-and-fro about life and experience ranging from domesticity and family to reflections on the wider world.
If you do come back Sue, please let me know and I will pop you back on my "Blogorama" bloglist from which I shall now regretfully remove you as you enter the land of memory where all lost bloggers reside, becoming vaguer as yet more months pass by. It was nice knowing you.
Sue, Paul and their French rescue dog - Rick
Sad that some of these people disappear.
ReplyDeleteSometimes an explanation would be nice but one of my favourite bloggers died. It was lucky that her sister picked up the reins and explained.
DeleteIt's kind of sad when you lose a blog writer and don't know why or how.
ReplyDeleteSee above.
DeleteIt's sad when they just fade away and you don't know what's happened. Hopefully she will read this and let you know whether or not she is planning to return to blogging. When I decide to eventually stop I will let people know. If I kick the bucket unexpectedly, "no-one" will put a final post on my blog to let you all know.
ReplyDeleteYou are going to live forever River!
DeleteThere are many fellow bloggers whose blogs are still on my reading list but who have not blogged in a long time. With one of them, I fear that she is either dead or incapacitated; in her last posts, there was a lot about her declining health. I have her home address in the US but have never had any contact with her grown-up children and grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteEvery time someone disappears from the blogosphere, I wonder if I should make provisions for my own blog; prepare a "message to my readers" with instructions to my sister and/or O.K. to post it for me when I no longer can post myself.
Yes. You should do that and I will do similar.
Deleteperhaps we should leave a little farewell note. It is difficult sometimes to find something to say and then you think gosh am I being stupid when you say it. But it is sad when someone stops writing their blog.
ReplyDeleteYou could leave instructions for your family in an envelope. I think I will do the same.
DeleteI used to follow Sue and was disappointed when her blog stopped mid story so to speak! I occasionally click on her in my list but nothing happening! If you read this Sue, hope all is well..
ReplyDeleteI have the feeling that all is well with Sue. There had been earlier signs of disenchantment with blogging.
DeleteBloggers become part of our lives and its disconcerting when they disappear. It's always a bit sad to lose touch
ReplyDeleteYes. Just like "real" relationships.
DeleteAn attractive woman with a glass of plonk in her hand, who also blogged. That is my kind of person. You do have to harden your heart against people who cease to blog for whatever reason.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad - whether they leave by chance or circumstance.
DeleteI've wondered what has happened to Sue- I enjoyed reading her blog. Occasionally I'll check her blog, but as you say, nothing has been posted for at least a year.
ReplyDeleteI do hope all is well with the family.
It's the uncertainty I don't like.
DeleteI used to have a goodbye note scheduled to be automatically posted 6 months ahead, so all I had to do was to keep advancing the scheduled date. In the end, I deleted it in case I forgot.
ReplyDeleteGive your missus instructions - or one of your children.
DeleteI often read Sue's blog and read her comments on yours and Cro and Rachel's blogs.
ReplyDeleteShe was eminently readable but a quiet, private person too.
DeleteI, too, miss Susan and hope everything is okay with her. Maybe she'll read this and comment.
ReplyDeleteYes maybe. It's not every day that another blogger specifically posts about you.
DeleteSadly, I have a large collection of similar blogs. After an appropriate amount of time, I have generally sought them out to see what occurred. Some died, but the majority went through a cataclysmic personal event such as divorce that left them unable to blog anymore.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of reasons why people might stop aren't there? Or as Americans might say - ain't there?
DeleteLost bloggers, lost friends. I was updating my daily read list yesterday. I really miss a few who have simply gone missing over the years.
ReplyDeleteAs you can see below David - Sue's fine!
DeleteCrikey, it's like reading my very own obituary! Never fear, I am still alive and kicking. I didn't deliberately stop blogging. It was partly due to technical issues (a poor excuse I know but I had to keep switching to another browser to post and comment) and then life just got in the way. But it's nice to be missed so I shall try very hard to update my blog shortly.
ReplyDeleteShe was lost but is found again! Hurrah!
DeleteWhen one of my favourite bloggers, Dave King, died, his son posted a notice so that all his followers knew. It wasn't unexpected, but still sad. Another couple of favourites also dropped by the wayside and I never did know what happened to them. Very sad!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that Susan is alive and well, Neil. I have had many bloggers quit or die and it is always sad to lose a blog friend.
ReplyDeleteMany years ago I was in the middle of a conversation with a blogger and she disappeared. I will probably wonder for the rest of my days what happened to her.
ReplyDeleteThey lived just down the road from me in France and I was very sorry to see them leave. They had a beautiful old house too, that I would have found difficult to sell.
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