Comment Help and The Year to Come!

I know a few people who have been pulling their hair out trying to leave a comment on a blog: including this blog, which I have set up so that anyone can leave a comment and there isn't even a password to fill in
For one friend, the difficulty is doing it from her phone, another is following the site, but still is having trouble writing comments, and yet another is trying to work out how to follow my blog, and a few others.

I seem to stay logged in and I can't remember how I started. Help? Any clues or words of advice I can pass on?

And since I am on a technological theme, I wanted to mention that I am really hoping to have a better health year and make a big push in getting my YamDaisy project on. It seems to keep coming back to updating my website though, and I have just been talking to a website savvy friend who has put me on to Drupal and I think I will be doing an even bigger upgrade that I planned. (Why does everything have to be so much work!)

O well, one step at a time. I'd be grateful of any good wishes you can spare, and any advice or tips too!

Cheers!

Anzac Day

I am preparing to talk to the Chef at the Sliding Door Cafe about a possible school project we could do together. My idea is to join school healthy eating around "Sometimes Food" and "Everyday Food" my Comfort Food '09 and the Sliding Door Cafe's community food focus. I need to see if the cafe is able to be involved, as I know they are pretty pressured at the moment with apprenticeships and catering. That's on my list for first thing next week.
I have been reading a book about colour in website design (thanks Libby and Robert) but I think I have done all I can to make the background look pale yellow. If more computers are seeing a nasty orange I will have to rethink.
I am having such fun on the Jamie Oliver site, it is very well set up. But I put up a topic about Comfort Meals without thinking to talk about my project first. I got some lovely replies and a great range of meals, plus lots of calls for a Fabulous Food Fairy! But I haven't got permission to put those meals up on my site. I think I can count them in at the end though.
I still want to start a blog there, but I am not sure my health is up to doing it. I will wait a little longer and see.
And I need to put up some more news on the website so it is interesting enough for people to keep coming back!

Two Blogs!

I spent some time today looking at the blogs on the Jamie Oliver website and decided that this sort of blog - following the process of my project, isn't really going to work there!
But I might have a try at doing two blogs, starting a more general food and life blog there. I will have to find a digital camera though, as they seem to be very photo focussed. Another thing to learn! But it is a very good networking place. I have got some great Comfort Food replies from putting the topic there, and there are a lot of other good things to do.
I have had a few days to recover from my big day on Monday, but I will do more tomorrow. I was so successful putting up News Sheets that I ran out. (I only printed 8 but they aren't going quite so far and wide yet). I will print another four. And I will chase that background for websites info.
Then I had better sit down at my desk and get my YamDaisy files up to date.
I have had some lovely feedback about my site: that there are interesting things to read, - so that means it is time to think about putting new interesting things to keep the momentum (such as there is!).

YamDaisy April News Sheet

The website is up and launched, I am still letting people know. It is such a good feeling!
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~yamdaisy

I wrote April's News Sheet today. This is how I put news in the local community (Darebin in Melbourne Australia). I make up an A4 sheet with news about YamDaisy, Comfort Food '09 and any Community Food News I can find. I print them onto YamDaisy yellow and put them up at the local Neighbourhood Houses and Community Information Centres and Community Noticeboards.
This is the third one and it is nice that people are finding them familiar and welcome.

I am also doing quite a bit on Jamie Olivers website. There are Forums and places for articles and lots of opportunities for sharing things, so I am enjoying that.

I have had one piece of feedback from the article in the CSMC, someone who has become a Facebook friend! I love the organic way this is growing.