The Beginning At Last

Another blogger MIA

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Kevin
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In search of Renard

Reblogging Alice’s post, as I too, hope Renard is ok. While it is certainly possible he just said the heck with it and bailed, Renard seemed to be a very committed blogger who was in it for the long haul.

If anyone knows, and/or can share, is he ok? I don’t know if anyone has contact with him outside WP or not.

I’ve also noticed that recently, it seems like a lot of folks have gone MIA. Some have taken leaves, some have said goodbyes, and some have just either started blogging a lot less or stopped completely.

To each their own, I say. But some of them are truly missed, no doubt.

I also realize it’s nicer weather and people might simply be traveling or just getting outside more. Regardless, I wish everyone the best and hope they’re all okay.

Comments

84 responses to “Another blogger MIA”

  1. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I have followed Renard’s World for years so I am shocked to see his blog missing. I would think Renard is ok and can’t help but wonder if something else is going on for his blog to disappear. Like WordPress buggering it up. I wouldn’t have thought he disappear without saying something.

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      That’s what I am also wondering. Did something go sideways with WP itself? It does seem highly out of the ordinary, given all the time and care he puts into his content.

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      1. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        Yes, it seems very odd and WordPress being what it has been with them doing unnecessary tweaking here and there, I naturally can’t help but wonder if it is something to do with them then Renard. Like you, I swore blind I had seen a blog post yesterday or definitely at the weekend I seen more than one post of his.

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      2. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        I am 99% sure I saw a post and comments on others’ blogs withing the last 24 hours and nothing seemed out of the ordinary that I can recall.

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      3. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        There was nothing I seen out of the ordinary either.

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      4. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Neither have I.

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      5. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        When I learnt from your blog post that Renard had gone I looked at my subscription list on my dashboard and he wasn’t there. I typed up his website and nothing appeared in the reader.

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      6. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Same here. I got zip.

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  2. Edward Ortiz Avatar
    Edward Ortiz

    Yeap, it’s weird. Blog is gone. I hope is just tech issue.

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      Same here, Edward.

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  3. VanyA V@idehi:8324 Avatar
    VanyA V@idehi:8324

    Interesting

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      And strange to say the least.

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  4. Destiny Avatar
    Destiny

    read Alice’s post….it’s strange. .. through reader his blog is accessible but says he posted 2 days ago … through site says deleted. Renard is always consistent…

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      See? I’m not even seeing it in Reader right now. I wonder if Liz is right and this is a WP glitch.

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      1. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        I checked again… accessed through a like on my post.
        Doubt it, Kevin…. Renard is well aware of all these wp issues and would have worked around it by now….2 days ago is worrying for some reason.

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      2. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Two days. I swear I saw him more recently than that. But, I have been working, and the 12 hour shifts kind of run together sometimes.

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      3. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        also was so sure I had seen a recent post…but I tried commenting on his last post now…it’s kicking out the comments too.

        (mechanical sometimes… to these odd hours 😬)

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      4. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        I swear I saw him within the last day. A post of his own, and a comment or two on one of (IIRC) AM’s posts.
        Usually when that happens to me, I find ultimately, the post has been deleted and the system just doesn’t reflect it immediately.

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      5. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        weird… hope it’s just a WP issue.
        Doubt he’d delete his blog without saying so.

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      6. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        See, I am 50/50 on that. Depending on circumstances, I can see some folks not wanting the fanfare of a goodbye. They might just quietly move on. 🤷‍♂️

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      7. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        don’t know whether to hope you’re right or wrong, Kevin…😬

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      8. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        I don’t think either option is overly great, honestly. But if it’s not a massive technical faux pas, there aren’t a lot of other great avenues to go down.

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      9. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        true also…just hoping for the best.

        (thinking on this and the amount of people that have put up posts…so nice )

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      10. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        OK, so…WP is acting VERY weird for me today. If I up and disappear, I’ll just say now it’s them, not me. lol

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      11. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        excuses and reasons are different, Chief 😋
        hang around 🐒 …🤭🤣..so unintentional lol.

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      12. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        It’s all over the map today, no joke.

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      13. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        that’s a confusing sentence, Kevin…

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      14. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        WordPress is not being agreeable today, simply put lol

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      15. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        ah…okay …😬

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      16. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Sometimes I question why all of us don’t delete our pages and move on lol

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      17. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        move on to what and where lol..😬
        crosses the mind but it’s become too much a part of life… for now…unhealthy…maybe so but still…🥴lol

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      18. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Move on to whatever, I guess lol

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      19. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        when you find that whatever…share on your blog before you leave lol…🤣

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      20. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Oh, when I leave, I’ll make sure y’all know. No worries.

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      21. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        let’s hope to not any time soon… enjoy 🤍

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      22. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        When I know, I’ll know lol

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      23. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        You know Kev I have had an issue with my notification bell and if I remember right, you said you did too.

        I have just posted a rant after a further issue regarding with it this morning. Although after I hit publish, the bug went. But still an issue when using it on reader page. So it’s going to be hit and miss me replying to other people’s comments at their blogs if it carries on.

        And you have said what I have thought. If this Renard’s World disappearance is anything to do with WordPress, then what’s to say our blogs won’t be next with the glitches currently going.

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      24. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        This platform is atrocious for me today. Pages are not loading properly, the notification sidebar keeps disappearing, and I cannot even scroll on some pages. This is ridiculous, I swear.

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      25. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        It’s really bad Kevin since I was last on this morning. I am having issues still. So it’s still there and not gone.

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      26. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Not to make light of it, but if Renard did delete his page, I might know why if WP was acting the way it is for me currently.

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      27. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        Yes. If in the end enough was enough. Everyone has their limits.

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      28. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Not gonna lie – I am tempted right now. Today is the absolute worst.

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      29. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        I am like. Should I set up my blog with blogger of my same blog name because I will still have a few that would keep in touch. But right now. I am getting where I can’t be arsed. I will miss a lot of people. But I have a handfull that will keep in touch via email as we have done for years. Cos even if I blogged back at Blogger using same name as here for my blog, I always came here to comment on peoples blogs and the commenting at others is glitchy as trying to respond to my own. It’s no fun.

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      30. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        WP is making it really easy to not want to be here today. I am exceptionally frustrated at the moment.

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      31. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        Yes. I am frustrated too.

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  5. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I thought I seen blog posts of Renard too in the last day. But if not, definitely two days before with nothing to say he was going. I can’t see his blog at all. Not even in my subscription list. Completely disappeared.

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    1. Chris Avatar
      Chris

      I can confirm that he’s disappeared from my subscription list too. Could still be a major technical issue. But then Renard would be on it, right?

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      1. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        Yeah, Renard would be on it I would have thought.

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      2. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        I would think so, yes. But even a technical issue of that magnitude, I would think we’d see it happening to others as well? 🤷‍♂️

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      3. Chris Avatar
        Chris

        True. Renard published his post always on the clock. The fact that he didn’t do it this morning and his website is not online anymore is deeply troubling. Oh, I really hope Renard’s alright.

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      4. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Same here. It’s definitely not like him at all.

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      5. Chris Avatar
        Chris

        There could be tons of reasons why this is happening. Not sure any of them are good though.

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      6. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Not really, no. Most of them suck, quite frankly.

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  6. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I googled Renard’s World and narrowed the search term down and from the Google search Renard had posted a day ago. So he has disappeared some time yesterday.

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      I thought so, but I was not quite 100%.

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  7. AM Avatar
    AM

    Oh? I did not notice he was gone, but I guess that’s true.

    I don’t know Renard very well, but I now that he’s a bit like me, stubborn like hell and he loves to blog. He has stated multiple times that he will NEVER EVER delete his blog, so this much be a WordPress glitch gone a thousand ways wrong.

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  8. Brian, Snarebox Avatar
    Brian, Snarebox

    It’s strange to delete a blog suddenly. I’ve lost interest a few times over the years, but I usually leave it up. When I do “delete” my blog it’s just to clear out old posts and begin anew. I know of several bloggers who are MIA, but they still have their content up, they just don’t update. A few of them are people who have been trying to quit drinking for 10 years, so I can imagine what’s going on lol. Hope he’s okay. At least you know for his blog to have been deleted, he would have had to do it.

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      That’s my thought too. I am seriously doubting it’s a WP glitch. If so, that’s a huge one, and a huge problem.

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  9. Thoughtful Tuesday – My Writing Journey Avatar
    Thoughtful Tuesday – My Writing Journey

    […] you read my blog, you saw my post about Renard who vanished from the blogosphere. Gratitude to Kevin for picking it up in a reblog to get more attention for it. I hope he is ok. I asked around and […]

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      👏👏

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  10. RasmaSandra Avatar
    RasmaSandra

    I bumped into Renards World many moons ago when I was just breaking out into blogging and living in Riga, Latvia. We connected through blogging and then somewhere along the line lost touch. After I had relocated to Florida back in 2018 I found his blog again and was glad to see he was still at it. Been following him since then again and loved to see he was active and a strong blogger. It was a great surprise to find him missing from the blog world. I certainly hope he is all right and wish him all the best but I also agree with everyone else that for someone like Renard to suddenly stop blogging so abruptly something unexpected must have happened and I would have expected him to put in one more post to warn everyone, Wishing and hoping all the best for him,

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  11. mchelsmusings Avatar
    mchelsmusings

    He just had a post yesterday! I’m going to say it’s a WordPress thing. 😳🙄🫨

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      I’m not convinced of that. lol

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      1. mchelsmusings Avatar
        mchelsmusings

        He’s always said he loves to blog and wasn’t going anywhere. I think it’s a WordPress glitch. He would’ve informed us I truly believe that.

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      2. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Only one blog gets randomly deleted? Seems odd to me.

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      3. mchelsmusings Avatar
        mchelsmusings

        Is it deleted? My attempt said a failure to load not deleted.

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      4. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Last night and this morning is showed up as “Author has deleted this page”

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      5. mchelsmusings Avatar
        mchelsmusings

        😳

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      6. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Yes. Hence the “WTF” posts lol

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      7. mchelsmusings Avatar
        mchelsmusings

        I just did a google search and nothing…😔
        I can only hope he’s ok.

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      8. mchelsmusings Avatar
        mchelsmusings

        Sweet dreams 😴

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      9. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Night! 😊

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      10. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        Indeed. 🙏

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  12. ~Curiosity~ Avatar
    ~Curiosity~

    I was just reading his post yesterday it seems, suddenly his whole blog just vanished!

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      Yes, there’s no question it’s definitely gone. Nothing shows up anywhere.

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      1. ~Curiosity~ Avatar
        ~Curiosity~

        When i google it, it says “authors have deleted this site”! So strange, I am hoping he comes back and it’s a glitch!

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      2. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        I have my doubts that an entire blog disappearing is a glitch. If it were, I am sure other blogs would be affected too, and there would be people screaming long and loud by now. That said, I would like to be wrong.

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  13. Mystery in the Blogosphere – The Portly Politico Avatar
    Mystery in the Blogosphere – The Portly Politico

    […] act.  It’s an act with finality, from which there is no (easy) coming back.  Some speculation among bloggers is that Renard was simply ready to hang it up, but there’s a great deal of surprise at its […]

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      👍

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  14. Pooja G Avatar
    Pooja G

    I’m so surprised not to see him here anymore, he was such an active blogger. It’s a bit concerning to be honest. I truly hope he’s okay.

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      Yes, definitely different vibe and not usual.

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  15. aana Avatar
    aana

    Renard is a good writer, and a promotional blogger. When you get in contact with him. Inform me too. Hope he will be alright and may healthy and relax.

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      I do not anticipate we will be hearing from him anytime soon, if at all, unfortunately.

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  16. TBT: Mystery in the Blogosphere – The Portly Politico Avatar
    TBT: Mystery in the Blogosphere – The Portly Politico

    […] intentional act.  It’s an act with finality, from which there is no (easy) coming back.  Some speculation among bloggers is that Renard was simply ready to hang it up, but there’s a great deal of surprise at its […]

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