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Just this morning, 9 months or so after your last ...

2010-03-16T13:09:39.422-07:00

Just this morning, 9 months or so after your last blog entry, I was thinking of you. I wondered what interesting projects you had found and what was going on with them. Add me to any updates: jet2bna at bellsouth. com

I hope life is treating you well.

~JET Thomas

Hi Ketzel, My name is Chris and I'm with Port...

2010-03-03T15:10:21.658-08:00

Hi Ketzel,

My name is Chris and I'm with Portland Monthly Magazine in Portland, Oregon. I'm trying to fact-check a story on your front yard. What's the best way to reach you to speak? When you can, please email me at
cbailey@portlandmonthlymag.com

Thanks Ketzel,
Chris

Come on! Let us all know when you are coming back....

2010-01-31T14:12:17.431-08:00

Come on! Let us all know when you are coming back. Although the disappearing act is kind of mysterious and I like it a little..
-Sylvia
Union Glashutte Watches

It's a new decade! Time to chime in, if only...

2010-01-08T10:19:29.180-08:00

It's a new decade! Time to chime in, if only for a moment.

Just want to say "Greetings of the Season&quo...

2009-11-30T09:20:53.206-08:00

Just want to say "Greetings of the Season" to you, Ketzel. Know that we're still out here and think of you often.

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2009-11-27T16:07:12.073-08:00

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so yes .. please .. add me to the list... and when...

2009-11-27T16:06:16.873-08:00

so yes .. please .. add me to the list... and when you do come home Little Sheba .. i will have a basket of wild strawberry's waiting for you by the door.

I still wonder: What is she doing? The silence fro...

2009-10-16T05:03:39.383-07:00

I still wonder: What is she doing? The silence from the other side of the ocean is no good news. Let us know about the new life - without the radio. Johan (jtoverud@hotmail.com)

Ketzel, Been on my own journey...just stopping by...

2009-10-12T19:02:58.802-07:00

Ketzel,

Been on my own journey...just stopping by to learn you needed space, too. Hope you and your critters are well. Please keep me in the loop and on the list.

terristern@gmail.com

Sorry you left. It has been more than 4 months no...

2009-10-06T15:38:29.723-07:00

Sorry you left. It has been more than 4 months now. Please come back soon. allenfirm@mindspring.com

Just returned from my own semi-disappearing act in...

2009-08-30T08:35:12.128-07:00

Just returned from my own semi-disappearing act in Israel. Visited family & 1978 kibbutz haunts.
In the process of posting picts on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosetry845/
Thought of you & your flora adventures often on my journey, & photographed w/intention to share on "talking plants".
I do wish you the best, w/gratitude for seeing me through promising transformations.
jronphoto@gmail.com

We still remember and we will continue to wait. T...

2009-08-25T13:02:56.879-07:00

We still remember and we will continue to wait. Take your time, do it right, and become reborn!

--Dave

I have a saying in my world: Exploit change or bec...

2009-08-07T15:09:29.636-07:00

I have a saying in my world:
Exploit change or become extinct...

Go....exploit...change...just take really good notes along the way so we can read about it later!

Best of luck to you....
Virginia Leandro
vleandro@sbcglobal.net [please add to list!]

2009-08-07T01:41:10.400-07:00

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I know a thing or two about this "reinventing...

2009-08-04T17:23:50.772-07:00

I know a thing or two about this "reinventing one's self online" stuff: I've been cranking out websites since 1996. When I lived in Colorado my sites were all about my profession (I was a geologist and paleontologist for about 18 years). In 2005 I decided I didn't like snow and cold weather any more and moved to Maui. I'm kind of a serious photographer, so it was natural for me to fall for all the PLANTS of the Islands(http://maui-mike.smugmug.com/Plant Life of Maui). I'm also learning about botany and plant taxonomy. In 2008 I started a blog called The Maui Plant Chronicles (http://mauimike6.wordpress.com). I decided not to make it REAL personal, more like semi-technical, but I'm using my own writing style (I'm a professional tech writer these days... talk about reincarnations!). I find the hardest part of blogging is keeping to a regular schedule of posting my stuff. The photography website's easy-peasy: I go off somewhere for a weekend, come back Sunday night with a buncha pix, dump 'em on the server, P'Shop the lot, and write a caption for each one. I don't get a horde of visitors to that website so I can take my time publishing the content, but the blogsite's a different story. People expect new posts every week and they always want something "personal" thrown in the content. I'm not big on being regular and reliable, so when my old website's audience got to be too demanding after about eight years I shut her down and didn't look back. So I know where you're coming from Ketz.

I remember (yes, I'm a fan) your semi-weekly spot on NPR (Scott Simon referred to you as the "doyenne of dirt"... oy! I apologize on his behalf and others of my gender). So when I was doing some on-line research I pulled up your 2007 posting about the "Pretty Pests of Hawai'i." You were going to do an on-air spot or something. Great, I said, and started digging for it. Next thing I see is a posting about how NPR laid you off! Budget cuts... Ouch. Sorry to see you get the chop. Been there myself: every so often I end up one jump ahead of a pink slip. I usually see it coming first and opt for early retirement. I'm on my third professional reincarnation. Maui's great and so are the neighbor islands. I KNOW a plant-head like you has been here more than a few times. Next time you're on-island, e-mail me (mauimike6@earthlink.net) and I'll buy you a couple of beers and show you some of the places where you can see some native plant species only the dirt geeks like me know about.

Malama pono, kahini nui!

Farewell for now, Ketzel. I wish you the absolute ...

2009-07-25T10:01:42.610-07:00

Farewell for now, Ketzel. I wish you the absolute best in all your adventures, and I look forward to reading/hearing/seeing you in the future!

Cocoon, hibernate, reinvent, journey into unknown ...

2009-07-20T13:11:32.288-07:00

Cocoon, hibernate, reinvent, journey into unknown realms, and when you return ... however you return ... know that I would love to hear from you. Karen Fisher, Chapel Hill, NC
karenfisher@nc.rr.com

Sign me up for your next update. And all the best...

2009-07-14T11:45:12.660-07:00

Sign me up for your next update. And all the best in your travels.
John Jacobs
Tucson AZ
jmajacobs@earthlink.net

Ketzel, I agree with the rest, we surely miss you ...

2009-07-13T16:33:16.678-07:00

Ketzel,
I agree with the rest, we surely miss you and hope we can tune in again real soon. Are you getting a lot of gardening done?

Ketzel, I know you will be back. You are gifted. P...

2009-07-09T13:34:11.396-07:00

Ketzel, I know you will be back. You are gifted. Please come to the APLD conference in Portland. Great Minds think alike!

Go Ketzel! You'll be missed. I'm still mis...

2009-06-24T14:07:44.525-07:00

Go Ketzel! You'll be missed. I'm still missing you on NPR. Would have traded no end of Magliozzi's for you, dear. We'll be here waiting for you.

Tina

My very, very best wishes on reinvention. And the...

2009-06-19T18:26:12.349-07:00

My very, very best wishes on reinvention. And the next journey.
Lisa

Can't believe that I just found out about NPR!...

2009-06-17T11:16:53.277-07:00

Can't believe that I just found out about NPR! Just put it up on twitter. How about being garden blogger for the First Lady?

I am glad you will opt to come back here at some t...

2009-06-14T20:03:36.925-07:00

I am glad you will opt to come back here at some time when it is right for you. We will be here when you do.

Really? I'll miss you. Well, get out in that g...

2009-06-14T15:03:26.807-07:00

Really? I'll miss you.
Well, get out in that garden of yours...
See you soon I hope.