Let's go back to the start

[blissmorgan]

A site is closing, moving, changing; with a great wail and gnashing of teeth (or in the case of some uncharitable few, mocking of those who gnash and wail), we lash out in the sea of change in search of new rocks on which to cling. Some offer handholds for more folk yet with greater exposure to the sloshing waves. Others have such dark and secret crannies that it is difficult to be sure who is in there with one, if at all.

But here, perhaps, is one that is both comforting in it's oddly familiar shape and yet new in its particulars, with soft moss to rest in, and conversation from those who are rest nearby. Perhaps it has a spot on which to eagerly cling for balance while slinging a new song out across the waters.

We can call others into a place strange and new, and perhaps we will find that it is home.

Hello, Blisstopia.

Comments

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[janetanne]

Hello Bliss! Beautifully written.

Re: +1

[blissmorgan]

Hello Janet! Thank you. I've been feeling all sorts of dramatic this week, between the changing of digital circumstance and the really supreme cough medicine my doctor put me on. A first post on DW seemed like the good place to let some of that out (especially since I'm a bit behind in my writing anyhow).

Re: +1

[janetanne]

the changing of digital circumstance and the really supreme cough medicine

Now that's a combination, for certain. 💕

Re: +1

[blissmorgan]

For REALS. I've been dealing with all the social media upheaval of this week whilst also being on an antibiotic (nbd), a steroid (BLISS HULK OUT), and a hydrocodone cough syrup (focus is for SQUIRREL!!!! ....what were we talking about?).

It's been a trip. My family are saints for putting up with me.

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[janetanne]

I saw that in the long Mornthing post over on G+. Oddly, steroids never did that to me. But guaifenesin / hydrocodone? Last time I took one of those, I actually fell asleep at my desk while trying to work, and stopped breathing. Woke up gasping for air. Yeah, no more hydrocodone for me.

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[blissmorgan]

I was actually thinking about having a small scotch the other night, until I did the smart and went looking online for potential interactions between hydrocodone and alcohol. Stopping breathing was one of the biggies.

No scotch for me. I like breathing. I like you breathing too - keep doing that.

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[janetanne]

Ditto on the breathing, both for me and you! I have interesting reactions to a number of meds I've taken over the years. For example, antidepressants make me more depressed, and suicidal.

So yeah, I handle all new meds these days with extreme caution.

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[janetanne]

I do see one minor issue with your chosen theme, and it becomes more noticeable as more comments are added to a thread. The space to display a given comment is narrow, and gets progressively more so.

For what that's worth.

[phantastically]

I like that you've chosen the theme "Bliss for Summertime".

Welcome!

[blissmorgan]

It gives me such a giggle. I was looking through the themes and, just on a lark, did a page search for "bliss" just to see what would come up. Usually things called "bliss" don't tend to suit me - lots of pink, say, or is a rolling green field default desktop image, or what have you - but this one works quite nicely for me right now. Nice dark text, soothing blue-grey background. I definitely wanted to make sure coming here was going to be something I liked having in front of my eyeballs and, between the theme colors and the folks, I am certainly achieving that.

Glad to be here! :)

[cypherindigo]

It is good to see you here. :)

[blissmorgan]

It feels really good to BE here. Hello, lovely.

[cypherindigo]

Big Hugs.

[littleweeds]

Hello!

[blissmorgan]

Hello!

[brianhawthorne]

Ooh! Ooh! Dreamwidth supports RSS, so I can use Feedly to check on Dreamwidth journals along with other blogs. RSS readers have come a long way since I stopped using them and switched to Google+. Now, how hard is it to comment...

Not bad at all. If MeWe and pluspora support RSS, then I can just link everyone I care about into Feedly and then have one place to follow everyone and comment appropriatey. A bit kludgey, but this could work...

[blissmorgan]

You can also follow everyone and comment directly from your Reading Page - there’s no reason to route everything out and around via RSS only to come back in!

....well, unless wrangling things through feedly is already part of your daily, in which case it makes sense to pull stuff in there. I keep poking my own Feedly with a stick, but have yet to really figure out how to integrate it into my internetting on the regular.

Feedly

[brianhawthorne]

I’m trying to go back to the old days of reading people’s blogs. Using the Feedly app means I can read many blogs in one place, and can add in Dreamwidth journals as well. That way i don’t have to also check the Dreamwidth app.

Re: Feedly

[blissmorgan]

I am currently just making use of the Dreamwidth Inbox page to be able to keep up with comments, and the Reading Page for my reading... once things settle out, though, I am probably going to have to figure out how, if at all, to go about getting people's posts elsewhere to show up in my Feedly so I can keep up with them.

Most of the other sites folks are scattering to just feel Not Good to me. :-/

[johncomic]

One of the things I love best about this place is its pace, or rather lack thereof. All the other social media out there feel to me like rapids sweeping you toward the falls. There's so much going on every minute, with this expectation that you have to BE there every minute and keep up. Being here feels like reading editorial essays in a good newspaper, as opposed to watching cable news. #HopeThatMadeSense

[blissmorgan]

That absolutely makes sense, and the more time I am spending here this week the more I am realizing that this is something that I have been craving - a place with a sense of thoughtful care in both the reading and the writing. One is not screaming to be heard in a crowd of thousands, but rather talking among friends in a place that may have overall many folks, but this particular room is folks who are known, and one may wander in and out to meet a few new folks but nonetheless needn't be all Barbaric Yawp at every opportunity just for validation of existence.

[beckishadow]

Waves!