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I have been running this blog since July 2010. Blogger offered through Google was chosen for price—free—and ease of use. Unfortunately, the comments section never worked correctly. Of my 134 posts, I have received four comments. The “Join this Site” button stopped functioning after the first ten readers joined. When the new Blogger page came out, I thought I had a solution. I built a new blog page. My page look changed, added some AdSense buttons, new comments block, and Google+ circle. 2014 kicked off a clean and orange look. I liked it.

Yet, complaints from my local friends and family were the same. “Can’t leave comments.” “Tried to join but couldn’t.” The good news is that the Google+ circle grew and included people from places like Russia, China, and France—pretty exciting stuff. I did what I could and messed with the buttons on layouts. I also wrote strongly worded complaints to Blogger that were never acknowledged—the downside to free programs.

Today, I read reviews on free and paid blog sites. Squarespace.com was recommended at $16 per month, Wordpress.com at $18 per year, and of course Blogger.com and Weebly.com still lead in the free category. A little time and a bit of creativity could make a new site possible. BUT…will my Google+ followers find me? I have enough time to write the blog twice a week (the goal being daily). Do I have time to spend remarketing everything? Yes. Yes. This is a business question not a creative one.

Maybe it is time for http://post-scribe.blogspot.com/ to grow up and find a permanent home. I would ask for your comments but the button is broken… and the circle is complete. Sigh.

Attaching Comments

My darling husband Paul has addressed the problem some of you are having posting a comment. He says:

Well, not sure why this is, (other than some overzealous web programmer who was an English major first) but you have to either log in OR if you use anonymous you MUST preview your message before you post it. There’s an anti-spam feature that does not come up if you just use the “post a comment” button.

Hope that helps all of you.

More Comments

From Cousin David

you can put some sea salt, nutritional (Brewers) yeast and turmeric in with firm tofu. mash it up and it tastes like scrambled eggs. totally raw.

buy a pound of flax, sprout the seeds overnight, use just enough water to sprout them. mix them with raw barbecue sauce or whatever, then lay the stuff out on a piece of wax paper or an oiled cookie sheet to dry... raw flax crackers. yum.

spirulina algae is one of only two complete plant sources of protein. mix a tablespoon of that in with your next smoothie and it will be more fishy tasting and more filling.

walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, sesame seeds, are a must for quick snacks.

portabella mushrooms with balsamic vinegar and olive oil with a little thyme and sea salt tastes just like steak. especially if it's been run in a food dehydrator for a couple of hours.

one word - tabbouleh.

From Penny

Increase your vitamin D... that might help with your food cravings... if you reach for food... get up and walk around instead. Drink a cup of water before reaching for the snack. Keep busy... Eat 6 times a day instead of 3.
Remind your self why you are trying to lose weight.
Be strong... don't give in. Portion control.. measure out your food so it's a pain in the ass. Make the serving last. Chew and count to 20 before swallowing..
Good luck Pam.. Be strong Pam... be strong...