Thank you tremendously, my cherished friend. The longstanding connection we share means a great deal to me, as does the unwavering support and kindness you’ve bestowed my (our) way over the years.

I’m elated to hear that you’re blogging again, too, and will (re)add your URL to my feedreader (good ol’ Bloglovin’) immediately.

So true! It’s rather hard to imagine blogging going the way of the dinosaur completely at this point in our digitally fuelled existence, but you never know. Blogging may one day be a relic, replaced (or usurped) by something newer and shinier. I honestly hope not though.

There’s something incredibly endearing and wonderful about blogging. It would be a crying shame for this valuable and meaningful platform to be put out to pasture entirely.

Let us keep our fingers, toes, and favourite gothy black skirt hems all crossed that such a day never comes.

Thank you again deeply, dear Franny. May you and Ed have a serene, safe, beautiful, and abundantly blessed Lammas season!

♥ Autumn

I started up again, too. Actually, I never really left … I just sort of fade in and out at will. I’ve been a bit directionless lately, but that truly reflects my current life at the moment. Who knows what will become of blogging. I’m just happy we can connect again on this kind of platform.

Hello dear Pauline, thank you deeply for your beautiful and very kind comment – as well as for the awesome support that you’ve blessed this blog with for the past few months. I’m so grateful that blogging led our paths to cross.

Whereas I love and am active on IG, try as I may – and goodness did I try – for years, I never really gelled with Facebook. I maintained accounts there during the days of my previous (vintage) blog, but after it’s retirement, I all but stopped using FB. These days, I only check in there once in a while to see if I have any private messages or other interactions that call for a reply. I’m not saying I’d never start a new page there again (say, for this blog, for example), but at present, I’m definitely not rushing back.

This new blog and IG are the two main components of my (self-created) content sharing online. I greatly enjoy Pinterst, too, but see that as somewhat different from blogging and SM. Pinterest is a bit like dessert for me. A sweet, wonderful treat that I indulge in some days, when circumstances permit (and where I *try* to also post about my own blog content in the process).

Again, Pauline, thank you deeply. You’re such a terrific person and I always enjoy connecting with you.

Many hugs,
♥ Autumn

PS: It is incredibly important to me that my blog be as accessible to those with any form of medical challenge as possible, so if there’s anything I could do to help make this site more accessible for visually impaired visitors, please do not hesitate to let me know anytime.

Hi Vicki, thank you very much for your immensely kind, supportive and encouraging comment. I sincerely appreciate it – much as I do your friendship, which is one of the nicest things to transpire for me on the blogging front this year.

So true regarding the lure and love involved with blogging – even if it is not without its challenges at times.

This post was directly inspired by the email conversations about blogging that we shared earlier this year, and is something of a precursor to the post pertaining to blogging schedules that I plan to put together as a direct result of those wonderful chats.

Definitely! I’ve read a number of posts on the state of blogging in recent years, why some people are opting to keep blogging or are launching blogs for the first time, but less from those who have returned after a hiatus of multiple months or years. I’d absolutely love to read other peoples’ takes on this experience and how they’re finding blogging in 2020, and will continue to keep my eyes open for posts of that nature as I bop around the blogging sphere.

It’s wholly and completely commendable that you’ve been blogging since 2006. That gets a standing ovation and serious respect from me (and many others, too, I’m sure).

Here’s to blog posts (and projects) yet to come, the incredibly positive elements of this passion, the friendships blogging can bring our way, and the future of this activity that is so near and dear to our hearts.

Big hugs,
♥ Autumn

Sweet Anne, what a friendly, thoughtful, and thoroughly lovely comment. Far more than “just” words on virtual paper, it felt far more as though we were sharing an enjoyable conversation face-to-face.

I really appreciate all that you shared with me – the three fascinating points at the end of your comment included. The Neowise comment is such a cool point in a summer (and year) that hasn’t had nearly as many positives to enjoy as one would have hoped. It’s amazing to think that the earth will be another 6,000 years old before that same comet swings on by our planet again.

That is such a fascinating story, too, regarding the circular earthwork structure that was found near Armagh.

We had the pleasure of living in Ireland (ROI) for a couple of years (eons ago now), though didn’t have an opportunity then (or since) to visit Northern Ireland. Hopefully one day!

Like yourself, I’m a fellow taphophile and greatly enjoy spending time visiting cemeteries and other locations pertaining to death (to date the post here that has focused the most on graveyards is this one back from the snowy days of February: https://witchcraftedlife.com/how-to-use-graveyard-snow-in-your-magickal-workings-snow-magick-for-witches/).

Ever since childhood, I’ve felt deeply at peace, spiritually attuned, and happy in graveyards and the like. We’re fortunate that (in the non-snowy months at least) the local cemetery here in our small rural town is walkable from our house. This helps to ensure that I’m able to spend time there on a regular basis and to deepen my connection with the setting and those interred there all the more with each visit. I also greatly love to seek out and visit cemeteries (et al) when we travel.

As you might be able to tell, this is a subject I can happily chat about until the ravens come home!

And speaking of corvids, I will be sure to check out the post featuring a crow on your site.

Many heartfelt thanks again for everything. I hope that your month is going positively and that these last few days of July smile sweetly on you every step of the way.

♥ Autumn

Sweet Trina, you are tremendously kind and supportive. Thank you very much for your heart-warming compliments – and for making an exception and commenting on a non-paper crafting project share post.

I am acutely aware that not all of my readers share both of the main subjects of this blog in common with me (which is 100% okay, of course), and truly appreciate those who visit for either, the pair, or any other reason.

You are sincerely welcome. The way my schedule (and life as a whole) is presently structured, I generally tend to set aside a solid chunk of a day every week (or two) to catch up on the blogs I follow. Yours is one of those sites (I follow it via Bloglovin’) and I delight in seeing the inspiring, creative, and always beautiful creations that you share there.

Thank you again for everything. You’re a gem!

Wishing you a sunny, terrific rest of July.

♥ Autumn

I actually stopped by again to tell you three things:

Did you hear about the Neowise Comet? (I just found out about it myself.) There are only a few days left to be able to see it. (I think it’s past the point where I’d have any chance of getting a good photograph of it. I wish I’d heard about it sooner.)

In County Armagh Ireland, “researchers uncovered a vast subterranean temple complex at Navan Fort, believed to have been the former seat of early Ulster kings.”

And, on my blog, I posted some photos of a Crow that you might enjoy seeing.

Trina