My website croaked. I called the server? host? platform? something to ask for help on Tuesday morning, January 6. The man on the phone said he could see what happened, fixed it, and it would be fine in about 10 minutes.
It wasn’t.
Twelve hours later, it was back, but nothing after December 30, 2025, appeared on the blog, and the 1/2 price calendar sale also didn’t show.
I found the draft of the Learned List from December, but it only showed nine things instead of the twelve I eventually came up with. I published it immediately as it was.
Now I have to figure out how to get my email working again.
Maybe I’ll rewrite some of the posts from earlier this week, if I can remember what I said.
Maybe I’ll just take up smoking.
Prolly not. Fret not. I’d rather eat dark chocolate. Or complain about tech. (“If sin enticeth thee, consent thou not.” Proverbs 1:10)
Wouldn’t you just know that it croaked the day after I mailed out a newsletter that announced there are a few slots left in the beginning drawing workshop and that the calendars are half-price now? Prolly missed a bunch of sales and signups. Or not, but I won’t know. Now the calendar won’t even appear in my online store.
Oh well. Here’s the flyer about the beginning drawing workshop.
P.S. If you want a calendar, email me at cabinart [zero] [six} at sbcglobal dot net because that email works (trusting that you will be able to decipher it correctly).
P.P.S. A broken website is a nothing-burger in light of what several dear friends are going through: one recently lost her son to suicide; another has cancer in his bones (Dudes, get your PSA checked even if your doctor says it isn’t needed after 70—it’s only a blood test, not a nasty procedure); yesterday I learned that yet another has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. That’s all Very Very Difficult stuff; a website can be repaired, lost posts can be written, workshops can be given with empty seats, and unsold calendars can be tossed if too much time passes.
P.P.P.S. It was a beautiful day.
6 Comments
It’s true that in the grand scheme of things, a website malfunction isn’t much. And yet, it is SO frustrating! I feel for you. I lost a bunch of posts from my website awhile back, but I had saved copies for myself, so it didn’t matter. I didn’t bother reposting them, and now I keep my blog “weeded.” I feel more in control that way (if there is such a thing!) rather than having a million posts to keep track of.
Michelle, you are a great example to me in keeping my website from being overloaded and weighed down. When I need to dump things and then fret whether or not I should, I look to you, my Brave Friend.
Oh no…
Technology stresses me out so much. As my father would say: Can’t live with it… can’t live without it.
I did happen to see all those posts show up in my Feedly, so they definitely came through and did exist for a time on the internet. Hope all gets sorted quickly, effectively, and totally. Hugs <3
Elisabeth, when I think about losing a week of blog posts and then compare it to you losing your entire history, I just focus on the present and the future and forget about the past. Frankly speaking, no one cares except me. Thank you for being a subscriber and letting me know that you saw them. Tech stresses me too, and so much is dependent on strangers who aren’t native English speakers. So when we want help, we have accented English talking about things that don’t make sense! If I can learn to back up my site (holy cow, that in itself is an ordeal!), keep it working, and keep my email which is through BlueHost also working, that will be good enough. (I HATE THIS!!)
And in the latest beautiful photos of the winter Sierra Nevada that you posted on your “sort of working site”, lie all the wonders of the world beyond humankind’s self-serving attempts to satisfy our animal desires for control, getting and having for ourselves what satisfies our self-centered interests of the moment.
You have a beautiful role in helping all of us to reach out to those wonders, Jana! Breathe deeply and know that goodness prevails no matter what happens!
Thank you, Louise. I really really love you!
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