This is the first time I’ve seen this side of blogging and I’m glad I wasn’t caught in the middle.

I enjoyed the post by Rita and I’m sorry about all the judgment and confusion and bashing that has happened.

I enjoyed Rita’s blog before it changed, and I still enjoy Barbara’s blog. I get different things from different blogs. I know that we are adults, and we are also human. Unfortunately we have egos and they are spoiled brats. They spoil our perspectives of each other.

Davinas last blog post..A Ghostly Life Experience

This is the first time I’ve seen this side of blogging and I’m glad I wasn’t caught in the middle.

I enjoyed the post by Rita and I’m sorry about all the judgment and confusion and bashing that has happened.

I enjoyed Rita’s blog before it changed, and I still enjoy Barbara’s blog. I get different things from different blogs. I know that we are adults, and we are also human. Unfortunately we have egos and they are spoiled brats. They spoil our perspectives of each other.

Davinas last blog post..A Ghostly Life Experience

See, THIS is why we can’t have nice things!

See, THIS is why we can’t have nice things!

Wow…I left this party about 80 comments ago…everyone was happy and having fun. Now I come back, and the house is trashed!

Seems some guests drank too much, and got out of control, and tried to pick a few fights.

Not your fault, Writer Dad. As a host, you did your best to make sure everyone got along.

I think it’s some OTHER guests that owe you an apology.

Friars last blog post..Getting to Know More People in Your NeighborHood.

Wow…I left this party about 80 comments ago…everyone was happy and having fun. Now I come back, and the house is trashed!

Seems some guests drank too much, and got out of control, and tried to pick a few fights.

Not your fault, Writer Dad. As a host, you did your best to make sure everyone got along.

I think it’s some OTHER guests that owe you an apology.

Friars last blog post..Getting to Know More People in Your NeighborHood.

As far as the post itself, I benefit from you bloggers comments on each others blogs. It helps me to decide where I might venture next in this world. I have no blog myself. I just like to read the posts and enter into the conversation. I like to pose questions back to perhaps add a slant that may not have been thought of before. I don’t mind if someone disagrees with me. Tim for example has disagreed with me on several issues. We are really polar opposites politically and while I read his many pokes at poor Palin, I have not personally been offended. I CHOSE not to be offended. I think Tim’s Palin pokes are funny. I feel comfortable disagreeing with both Tim and Hayden (both whom I respect as bloggers and love to read) because I know that if they disagree with me, they will discuss the issue and not attack me. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Disagreement and respectful discussions of those disagreements is where we are given opportunities to grow in our thinking.

Rita has a difficult time, it seems, to discuss the issue without making it personal. What she said by revealing a private discussion between her and Tim was not discussing the issue. It was trying to cause some ill feelings between him and writer dad. I am confused about why that seemed like the right thing to do. It seemed to move into the arena of bullying and manipulation. A power play to one up another person. I have been a reader of Tim’s for a while now, I have read his books, talked to him on email, and he even donated some time to me for a phone call pro bono when I needed some advice. I have found Tim to be of outstanding character and would believe what he says as truthful.

Hayden is a breath of fresh air. She is idealistic but that is what I need sometimes in this world where negativity seems to reign. She has great insight for such a young lady. I wish I had it that together when I was her age. She has my respect.

As for Rita, I find her too risky to venture to her site. I would want to speak my mind but it wouldn’t be worth the verbal assault that I could be setting myself up for.

As a person who doesn’t have a blog, I do sometimes just want to say, “Hey I loved this post!” That is because it moved me and while I may not have anything huge to add to the conversation, I want the writer to know that his/her words mattered to me. As a writer myself, I like to know if my words moved someone in some way. I think other writers like to know that as well.

So Writer Dad, I will be back. I think that the train wreck, as you put it, didn’t scare me away from this site but Rita’s. I know she will not lose sleep over that and that’s fine. But the integrity of the various players spoke in their comments here, and while with some, that was a good thing, with others it was not.

Remember disagreement is good. Discussions are good but discuss the issue and not the attributes of the person making the disagreeing comment.

Have a great day everyone. :O)

As far as the post itself, I benefit from you bloggers comments on each others blogs. It helps me to decide where I might venture next in this world. I have no blog myself. I just like to read the posts and enter into the conversation. I like to pose questions back to perhaps add a slant that may not have been thought of before. I don’t mind if someone disagrees with me. Tim for example has disagreed with me on several issues. We are really polar opposites politically and while I read his many pokes at poor Palin, I have not personally been offended. I CHOSE not to be offended. I think Tim’s Palin pokes are funny. I feel comfortable disagreeing with both Tim and Hayden (both whom I respect as bloggers and love to read) because I know that if they disagree with me, they will discuss the issue and not attack me. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Disagreement and respectful discussions of those disagreements is where we are given opportunities to grow in our thinking.

Rita has a difficult time, it seems, to discuss the issue without making it personal. What she said by revealing a private discussion between her and Tim was not discussing the issue. It was trying to cause some ill feelings between him and writer dad. I am confused about why that seemed like the right thing to do. It seemed to move into the arena of bullying and manipulation. A power play to one up another person. I have been a reader of Tim’s for a while now, I have read his books, talked to him on email, and he even donated some time to me for a phone call pro bono when I needed some advice. I have found Tim to be of outstanding character and would believe what he says as truthful.

Hayden is a breath of fresh air. She is idealistic but that is what I need sometimes in this world where negativity seems to reign. She has great insight for such a young lady. I wish I had it that together when I was her age. She has my respect.

As for Rita, I find her too risky to venture to her site. I would want to speak my mind but it wouldn’t be worth the verbal assault that I could be setting myself up for.

As a person who doesn’t have a blog, I do sometimes just want to say, “Hey I loved this post!” That is because it moved me and while I may not have anything huge to add to the conversation, I want the writer to know that his/her words mattered to me. As a writer myself, I like to know if my words moved someone in some way. I think other writers like to know that as well.

So Writer Dad, I will be back. I think that the train wreck, as you put it, didn’t scare me away from this site but Rita’s. I know she will not lose sleep over that and that’s fine. But the integrity of the various players spoke in their comments here, and while with some, that was a good thing, with others it was not.

Remember disagreement is good. Discussions are good but discuss the issue and not the attributes of the person making the disagreeing comment.

Have a great day everyone. :O)