Open Diary Eulogy
The following is an entry I wrote on another site after I discovered in March of 2014 that Open Diary had gone away.
Open Diary has ended. It was an amazing blog site. My home page on OD truthfully stated “I came here because of my daughter, but I have stayed long after she has gone.” (or something like that…I don’t remember and now the site is gone!)
I now realize that the writing I did on this “private” online diary from 6/7/2000 through just last year (2013) was the best preparation for my current job as an editor and writer on a construction industry blog site.
I will miss my online friends which I now have no way to contact: ODforDummies from Atlanta who moved to NJ to be with her guy (and those dogs!), “Domino” or whatever her latest OD moniker was while she navigated empty nest, ageing parents, and a twin in denial (with whom I was also OD friends), Mystenne as she advanced her HR career and more while keeping the home fires burning for her helicopter pilot, and “Sparks” a girl from New Zealand with whom I talked throughout her adolescence.
Welcome back! I love Mystenne – sweet lady with a wicked sense of humor! Hopefully she will find her way back here as well. Take care. ~~QP.
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Sparks? I wonder if you and I were subbed to the same person! I read her blog all the time too. I have her friended on Facebook and she is doing well. =)
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@Virtuekid I am glad to hear that about Sparks! Thank you.
I hear she has a husband and a kid now, too 🙂
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Welcome back! I never became the writer that I had hoped – but I sure as hell enjoyed writing here, and I’m getting back into the grove of doing it. Congrats to you, and nice to see you again.
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I joined OD in March of 2000, a refugee from another site (Livejournal) where the atmosphere got so toxic, I fled. OD never felt that way and I hope it never does.
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Welcome back! And cheers to a fresh start.
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I join with the others and say: Welcome back. 😊
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I’m so glad OD is back. I don’t know if I will keep up on writing as I intend too, but I needed to read my old entries again…such a gift.
yes, such a gift!
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And look! It’s back!
my very first noter from 2002 was the first to note me in the rebirth! It’s so exciting!
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It’s odd being back here.
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OD was very important to me for many of the same reasons as for you. This sounds like a sales pitch for online sales but truth is, I made over six figures indirectly from my industry blog consistently over the past three years and I owe that all to the practice of writing here. (and being an early believer in the power of blogging for business)
@d-_-b Cool. Glad to make your acquaintance! -13d
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