
day and night now, equal in length— a stasis between the light and the darkness, it’s time… focus on balance call upon self-control, good will— let peace and quietude return to comfort our souls © Colleen M. Chesebro

Mark from Naturalist Weekly offers an amazing weekly haiku challenge. This week’s haiku invitation is to write a haiku or senryu that references spring insects. spring cleaning chores sweeping winter out the door stink bugs really stink © Colleen M. Chesebro Every spring (it’s too cold here in Michigan for the stink bugs to come […]

For #TankaTuesday this week, our words to find synonyms for were: spring & green. I used tender for green, and the word budding for spring. buoyant tender shoots on a water lily pond reflections budding © Colleen M. Chesebro Judy Mastrangelo’s inspirational oracle cards, Dream Your Joy, inspired this haiku.

The Carrot Ranch March 13, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a place where children once played. It can be a field, a playground, or any place that attracted children to play. But now it is empty. Abandoned. Go where the prompt leads! Submit by March 18, 2022. […]

**dVERSE Announcement**REMINDER! Two chances to join OLN LIVE this month!Thursday, March 16, from 3 to 4 PM ESTAND Saturday, March 18, from 10 to 11 AM EST.You may still link one poem as usual for OLN (Open Link Night) even if you do not attend a live session. I’ve been attending the Saturday sessions and […]
Good luck Colleen. (K)
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Thanks Kerfe. I’ve worked with WP all day. It was crazy. I hope you can see me now. 💜
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It’s funny, I’ve recently been able to comment directly on your site which I couldn’t do for weeks. But I too show up any anonymous when I try to comment on many sites–this is a recent occurrence, maybe the last 6 weeks. I had 3 days of conversations about it with the happiness engineers, and all their suggestions either did nothing or made it worse (ie trouble commenting on yet more sites than before). I don’t know why they refuse to try to solve these problems on their end. It’s really annoying.
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I just switched back to the premium plan. That must be the reason. My posts from April through today disappeared. It will be interesting to see how this ends up! 😳🤦🏼♀️
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I hope they come back.
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Thank you for the update, Colleen. It never ends with WordPress, does it?
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Wow! You’re so right. I told them I wanted to go back to wp.com because they discontinued the Pro Plan! I told them to apply the credits. I never would have switched had I known they would discontinue it a few months later. Now, if I can find my posts. I’m pretty frustrated right now. 🙄
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I don’t blame you.
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Yes, good luck.
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All my posts from April onward have disappeared! WP is working the issue.
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🙁😕
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Fingers crossed things get fixed now, Colleen. Thanks for the updates.
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Sorry for all the issues. All of my posts are gone from April onward. I have WP working the issue now.
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OK I got into this one. Maybe the access point makes a differrence. I came here through your comment via my dashboard. It didn’t like it when I tried to go through my email.
I’m still having issues with Moonwashed Musings…
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So sorry, wp makes me crazy at times
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Oh gosh, me too! 😳 Thanks, Beth. ❤️
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I am so sorry to hear this!
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So so sorry, Colleen. Hang in there, I know you’ll triumph. 😊
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Thanks so much, Gwen. 😍❤️
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Hugs, Sis!
Well, I can like your post now!
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We’re getting there! 😜 WP is on it. 😂
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Woohoo!
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I’ll be fixing things for weeks to come! LOL!
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Lol!
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🤔 Now, that is odd. Your posts are not supposed to disappear if you downgrade your WordPress plan. I suggest contacting the Happiness Engineers.
I do hope that things return to normal.
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Thanks so much. I switched to the pro plan when WP gave us the pro option or the FSE under free. When they brought the premium back I asked for their help through the entire process. The last four months of my posts while on the pro plan have disappeared into the WP ether. They are working the issue. I was told the pro plan kept me on wp.com, but instead, it was like the business plan.
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🙈 🤦🏻♀️ 💗
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Oh yes! No posts from the last four months! 😳🤦🏼♀️😂
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So sorry to hear Colleen. Hope you manage to get your posts back and get it fixed. x
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Thanks, Marje. ❤️
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Hi Colleen, by any chance, did you do a backup of your posts? If so, they may be accessible via the last backup you did. Just a thought.
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I did a backup but it was on the pro plan backup. I went back to the premium plan. I worked with WP through the entire process. The last four months of posts are gone. I have an engineer working on the issue. She was stumped. I was told that the pro plan was still WP.com and that I wouldn’t have these issues. Someone was wrong.
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I’m glad you got somebody from WordPress looking into it, Colleen. My fingers are crossed that they will find those posts, especially given that you do a backup.
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Thanks, Hugh. They wouldn’t have renewed me at the pro plan anyway, so with all the issues, it made sense to go back to the premium plan. 🤦🏼♀️
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I think you’re better off on one of the old plans, Colleen. They had so many complaints about the new plans that they bought the old ones back, although with a few differences. Fortunately, the plan I’m on does not expire until next year ( I got some discounts off them if I signed up for a 2-year deal), so I’m glad I am not in the middle of what is going on.
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Yes, the premium plan is just fine. I wouldn’t have left, except they said it was pro or free and the FSE. That full site editor is horrible. Everything is so blah with those themes. They take too long to figure out what you’re doing. I’m just glad this is all over. 💜
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I think everything has been returned now, Hugh. Now, I’m just fixing what needs fixing. LOL! 💜
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Sending love and hugs full of calm!! Love that photo 💜💜💜
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So annoying, Colleen… I would be so very angry and frustrated in your situation.
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Well they migrated the posts, pages, images, and menus over this morning. It will take me a bit to get it all fixed, but I’m on it. 💜
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❤
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I wrote a long comment the other day, and couldn’t get it through. You and some other sites I read are being prevented from accepting my comments. The gist of what I said was that WP was becoming unpredictable and unreliable!
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Yes! I agree. I’m back on the premium plan so that works. It was a mess for sure! 😂
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aaaagh!
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