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rei says:

hi i like your cursor thingy (like the wand idk what's the exact name for it Orz), wishing you a good morning/afternoon/night!

• Sage replied (Aug 31, 2026): Thanks! It took me a hot minute to figure out. You too!

三木 says:

Like your post and draws 😉

• Sage replied (Aug 31, 2026): Thank you! 🩷

Leeyuh says:

Re: Finally Drawing Again
Your character is so cute, and the blog layout color combo works really well. I dunno if you're interested in animation at all, but Procreate released Procreate Dreams and it seems amazing!

• Sage replied (Aug 27, 2026): Thank you! I'm excited to put the entire outfit together on the day and see myself in it for the first time.
  
  I'm glad you think so! I've figured out how to fix my custom cursor and the little sparkly trail behind it since posting, so I'm pretty happy with it.
  
  Funny you mention Procreate Dreams; I am definitely interested in dabbling in a bit of animation, I just wanted to get used to the new tech and programs before I committed. Watch this space, I suppose!

nostalgia says:

Re: When Does Censorship Become Necessary?
I came from China, am allergic to censorship, and couldn't agree more with your sentiment. If this censorship from Herman continues on I'd move to somewhere else and stop paying for bear blog. I was worried that something like this would happen so I didn't buy the lifetime subscription. And it did happen.

Thanks for bringing this matter to people's attention.

• Sage replied (Jul 31, 2026): I'm truly sorry that you feel that way. I highly doubt that is what Herman is going for, but then again I don't know the man so I can't really speak for him. I hope that, if you choose to stay or not, you keep blogging regardless.

Jay says:

Re: When Does Censorship Become Necessary?
Original post should not have been censored. Also, I love the cute little flowers and jars of fruit, did you draw the pixel art yourself?

• Sage replied (Jul 31, 2026): Whether it should or shouldn't have isn't really my place to say; if Herman felt it went against the Code of Conduct and thus the TOS, then it is what it is unfortunately. And no, I did not! I do have a credit page that links back to all graphics used on this site though. I do draw, but not pixel art (yet) :)

R says:

Re: When Does Censorship Become Necessary?
The situation has made me uncomfortable, too. That’s a perfect word to describe how I feel regarding all this. I’m still really new to using Bear and have only wrote a few entries. I haven’t felt committed to remaining here (yet?). I don’t believe there should be a need to shadow ban anyone if they hadn’t written anything legitimately offensive. Might I add that the questions at the end of your post really stuck out to me? Much to think about.

• Sage replied (Jul 29, 2026): It's all a little uncomfortable, isn't it? I will say that there is far more good on here than there is bad, this just happens to be an unfortunate circumstance that could have been handled a little better. Of course, we don't know the full story, but I feel like that's part of the problem? Herman has a track history for taking on board suggestions and criticisms, so I guess it's a matter of "Watch this space". I hope you stick around! I've glossed a few of your entries and would love to see what else you post :)

Becky says:

Re: Turning 30
Hiya, just wanted to wish you happy belated birthday! Great to see you posting again. :)

• Sage replied (Jul 24, 2026): Thank you! And like-wise; I found time to catch up on your blog throughout the months, I hope the new house is working out for you. It looks lovely <3

turbie says:

Re: Turning 30
More so of wishing you a belated happy birthday! Hope you enjoyed that day at least!

• Sage replied (Jul 24, 2026): Thank you! Yes, despite all that I did enjoy the day. My partner made sure I was very spoilt throughout the week to make up for things. I am very lucky for the people that I have that DO show up.

Kaos says:

Re: To Justify or Not to Justify (That Is the Question)
I find it much easier to read a nice justified text. Or at least text wall to wall (when they break a word with -. But I prefer justified). Anyway.. I also want to justify my posts but I haven't yet find out how to.T_T

• Sage replied (Jul 24, 2026): I prefer it too. I wonder if it's something to do with my dyslexia? As for formatting, you need to dig through your theme and look for the "post" set up. I am terrible when it comes to CSS, etc. so I basically started shoving "justify" into places that kinda made sense until it worked.

Tash says:

Thanks, again, for stopping by and leaving a message in my guestbook. After reading through your blog, I agree, our journeys do seem quite similar, and I look forward to following along with yours! Also, wishing you all the best in your garden endeavours! 🌱

• Sage replied (Mar 30, 2026): I hope both our gardens continue to grow and thrive 😊 See you around, and happy blogging!

rye says:

hello! i came upon your profile from the bear blog carnival page and i snorted out loud when i saw your "most popular" section. i feel like everyone has their stuff together here and it's refreshing to see someone who's confused (like me) as well! hope u have a good day!

• Sage replied (Mar 23, 2026): Hey, thanks for stopping by! Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I am very much coasting with all amazing things other Bear bloggers have shared for people like me to use (and maybe abuse??? I've messed with the HTML so much that if I look at it the wrong way it all breaks). Robert is a coding wizard in my eyes.

Robert Birming says:

Thanks for signing my guestbook. Love the design tweaks you've done with your blog 😍

• Sage replied (Mar 23, 2026): Hey Robert! You're welcome, and thank you in return! My blog would not look nearly as good if not for your hard work and continued generosity ❤︎⁠

nikki says:

just want to say I fully agree with the concept of virality being hardwired into our brains take. this will be my third time in a row attempting to actually blog more consistently and I just realized that's what's stopping me a lot of the time. not getting any feedback makes me not want to write but also the idea of being seen scares the shit out of me too lol

don't know anymore but i'm glad to read you feel the same!

• Sage replied (Mar 2, 2026): It is so difficult to shake, honestly. I have found myself watching and waiting for the number of toasts to increase on a few entries. I recently hit #1 on the Trending tab, but only had one person reach out to me about the actual post itself. That made the 100+ toasts mean a lot less, in a way. Hopefully we can all keep reaching out to each other!

nikki says:

hi! I just read about your plans to finally starting a garden this year, I wish you luck! I was just thinking about this too but I'm more interested in starting one hydroponically indoors (i'm scared of bugs lol).

i've unearthed one of my old tabletop units and cleaned and restarted it. i've now planted four basil seeds and it's been growing really nicely! if I manage not to kill these ones i'm venturing to adding more plants in the future hehe

i'm excited to see what this year's garden will bring you! looking forward to reading more.

RE: Garden Update #1

• Sage replied (Mar 2, 2026): Hey Nikki! Thanks so much! Hopefully we can harvest a fair few things this year. My partner came back from her trip with a bunch of GIANT pots and planters so we are off to a good start! I wish you luck with your gardening adventures too; I totally understand the whole bug thing. I am not a big fan either, especially not after finding out spiders love making greenhouse gardening gloves their home.

Syahaz says:

Re: I've Had a Really Bad Day
Condolences for your dearest car, my mate. 🫂

• Sage replied (Mar 2, 2026): Thank you :( I'm hoping she's salvageable but the realistic side of my brain is screaming otherwise.

justin says:

Re: STOP GIVING EVERYTHING AI!!!
I would like fewer things with AI and more cats who are an orb.

• Sage replied (Feb 28, 2026): Would you consider cat who is a prawn?

mono says:

Re: I Hit a Bird Today
hey, i just read your post and i'm really sorry about the bird.

love your blog though, i'm really happy i found it. i like how you string together words, keep on writing!

• Sage replied (Feb 21, 2026): Hey mono! That's alright, unfortunately the upside of living in the countryside comes with the downside of the entire roster of noahs arc jumping in to the road at any given moment. I'm sure they're flying even higher now :')
  
  Thank you so much for your kind words! I wasn't expecting a post about accidental bird murder to resonate with people so much. I don't plan to stop blogging any time soon, so I hope you stick around!

Becky says:

Hi, thanks for signing my guestbook earlier. I enjoyed reading your posts and hope you continue to enjoy blogging with Bear. Good luck with your art too!

• Sage replied (Jan 26, 2026): You're welcome! Thank you for signing mine in return :D Hopefully I can actually return to blogging once I stop dying from Office Plague...

SheWrites says:

Thanks for including me on your blog roll! :) I look forward to watching your blog develop and learning more about you and how you see the world. Big props for deciding to make some changes and to return to things you'd let go. I hope we get to see some of your art, and I can't wait to read your book reviews! :)

• Sage replied (Jan 23, 2026): Of course! I found a lot of your entries extremely interesting and look forward to reading more. Thank you so much for your kind words! I am trying not to put a deadline on everything, as that usually just causes action paralysis, so we shall see how it goes. Slow and steady!

Bastiano says:

Re: The Forgotten Art of Self Sufficiency
it was a pleasure to read this post. "I mourn for the days where a town, village, or even street actually knew each-other and cared about its neighbours." this hits the spot growing up in italy, i recall bakeries were pivotal centres of town/village/agglomerate-of-homes life. sure, convenience was already at the doors (it wasn't uncommon to buy bread at the supermarket), but going to the baker at any time of the morning meant - with good probabilities - also witnessing pleasant chit chatter between baker and clients, their hellos, well wishes, serendipitous life updates, laughs, dialect.

now i live in Ireland and find that most bakeries are 'cafes', and i miss that dimension of local-ity. here sometimes I still find some chit chatter in butchers and fishmongers (to my great pain - not in all of them) which is the most pleasant of the feelings.

with the global increase in online-ness, alienation, general bleakness, i wish we could go back to local comfort. we are citizen of a global concerned world, and we should find some respite somewhere, hopefully. maybe we could/should try to find it in the physical space immediately around us; small shops aimed at being part of a community, welcoming, open, not dominated by capitalistic logic.

reading of others longing for a community that could serve each other warms my heart. thank you for your post.

ps. not sure if it was intended, but thought of letting you know your /contact/ page is 404'ing. ._. this reply was meant to be an email to save screen space on your guestbook

• Sage replied (Jan 20, 2026): Hi Bastiano! Thank you so much for leaving this lovely message. I'm so sorry about the contact page, I have a bad habit of procrastinating on details so I told myself I would work on it AFTER pushing out my first post. I see you left your email, so I shall reply to you in more detail there ^^