birchbark Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 This is very sad, as I've only discovered the blog pretty recently. And if I'm understanding correctly, Cindy is deleting it, so we only have a week to read and save items of importance. Can any of you fans recommend some "don't miss" posts? http://www.ordo-amoris.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 So sad! Her blog has been on my list to dig into some long afternoon..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Whoa! What's up with that? Why delete it? If she doesn't want to keep posting just do a final post saying goodbye, but leave it up for others to read! Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Whoa! What's up with that? Why delete it? If she doesn't want to keep posting just do a final post saying goodbye, but leave it up for others to read! Ugh. She indicated in a post in the comments section that she wasn't leaving it up for personal reasons that she won't get into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmseB Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Homeschooling the Freeborn is a great post to save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 She indicated in a post in the comments section that she wasn't leaving it up for personal reasons that she won't get into. Fair enough. I guess I better get to saving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Fair enough. I guess I better get to saving! Yeah, I'm going to devote some time tonight after the kids are in bed to saving some of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderbee Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 So bummed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmseB Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 It does make me sad, but I feel selfish about being sad. She had a blog before AO that was deleted, so it isn't entirely surprising. It is funny to me, though, how much I start to feel like I'm entitled to someone's writing when I get invested in reading a blog, and how indignant I feel when someone posts a goodbye post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Isn't there a way that you can do a way back search on the internet so even if she deletes it can't we still find it? Or I might be totally imagining that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 You can often access archives on archive.org , but, using the Firefox extension FlashGot Mass Downloader, it appears I downloaded everything with one click. Each month is coming up as its own HTML page, and (I downloaded everything, to be safe) the folder containing everything is 74 MB but each month is about 200-300 KB. Chrome has something called SimpleGet, but I haven't used it. (ETA: I accidentally misspelled the extension name above but it's correct now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonflyer Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 This is putting a bit of a damper on my day. I keep thinking: "why do I feel sad?" then I realize I am sad to not see Cindy's writing any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I was so sad to read her post this morning. I just recently started reading her blog, and was so inspired by so many posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Some of my favorite posts: the whole 31 Days to Morning Time series Homeschooling the Freeborn My Annual Catalog Post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 She moved the 31 Days of Morning Time to the morning time mom's blogspot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-eyed Suzan Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I've never read her blog before, but I just spent an hour reading posts and they are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I vaguely recall that she has a chapter-by-chapter summary of a classical education book. It's not Climbing Parnassus. I will search and reply. Btw, Stripe, thank you for that tip about Firefox. I will try it from my computer tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I vaguely recall that she has a chapter-by-chapter summary of a classical education book. It's not Climbing Parnassus. I will search and reply. Btw, Stripe, thank you for that tip about Firefox. I will try it from my computer tonight. Norms and Nobility?http://www.ordo-amoris.com/search/label/Norms%20and%20Nobility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Norms and Nobility? http://www.ordo-amoris.com/search/label/Norms%20and%20Nobility That's the one! I must download that series of posts. Thanks, Stripe :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 BTW here is a summary of what I did, and it seems to have worked, but be sure to check yours! (Note: I have Windows 7 so I am not sure how it works for any other system.) I opened her page in the firefox browser, then right clicked on a random spot on the page (not a link) and selected "FlashGot All" (or you could use control + F3). A window pops up in order to choose what you want. I clicked the box for "choose all items by default." Select your destination folder (I created a new folder) -- everything will be downloaded there, organized by month. You will also get other things like image files and other things linked, but I just did everything. As soon as you click OK, it starts downloading to the folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfries Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 FlashGotAll didn't seem to work on my (dinosaur) Vista. I just discovered Cindy in the last month or so. I, too, feel selfishly upset that she's decided to delete the blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I opened her page in the firefox browser, then right clicked on a random spot on the page (not a link) and selected "FlashGot All" (or you could use control + F3). A window pops up in order to choose what you want. I clicked the box for "choose all items by default." Select your destination folder (I created a new folder) -- everything will be downloaded there, organized by month. You will also get other things like image files and other things linked, but I just did everything. As soon as you click OK, it starts downloading to the folder. It didn't work well on my computer. I have about 33 MB of files with no file extensions and no sub-folders. I don't think it has downloaded all the files. Anyway, it was worth a try. Thank you for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 It didn't work well on my computer. I have about 33 MB of files with no file extensions and no sub-folders. I don't think it has downloaded all the files. Anyway, it was worth a try. Thank you for the help. Hmm, I don't know what happened. Sorry, ladies. It worked without much effort on my part. I don't think I have any subfolders, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilyh Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I just wanted to say thanks. The flashgot all worked for me and I'm super grateful for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth83 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 She moved the 31 Days of Morning Time to the morning time mom's blogspot. Do you know if this blog will stay up, or is she pulling all of her writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Do you know if this blog will stay up, or is she pulling all of her writing? I think she worked on moving things there to keep them public, but don't know for certain. I can't imagine doing that much work to delete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thank you. Now I'm turned on to a blog that won't be anymore! So you are saying I can read this entire blog if I search for it archived? Because NOW I'm interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thank you. Now I'm turned on to a blog that won't be anymore! So you are saying I can read this entire blog if I search for it archived? Because NOW I'm interested. I was proposing either using the archive.org version (which could in theory be deleted) or download your own copy using the FlashGot extension in Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy M Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I managed to get the extension and then download my copy using your tutorial, Stripe, thank you very much! It is disorganized, but after deleting a bunch of extra stuff, there remains about 52 MB of good stuff in there (originally about 80). It's downloaded by tags and by archives, so every post is probably doubled. Anyway, I think I can search on my computer for certain things as well, like "freeborn" to bring up the article recommended above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderbee Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 So I tried the flash got all but haven't a clue what I'm looking at. So far it's just all the pictures and widgets on the site. I can't find the text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thanks for the heads up. This blog was definitely on my To Read list and I'm sad that such a good resource for the community is being taken down for some reason that none of us know. I hope these "personal reasons" are that she's going to write a book or something. I have no problem paying for someone's quality content but to see the quality content just go poof seems like such a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Bumping in case someone missed that who'd like to save articles, and in case more favorite posts are listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauphin Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Dangit!!!! I finally got Firefox installed so I could use that save extension, and NOOOO! It's already down.... Did anyone happen to save the Norms & Nobility stuff? A lot of the stuff looked great and interesting, but THAT was what I really really wanted.... Boo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoHomeschooler Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140813192256/http://www.ordo-amoris.com/ This will hopefully take you to the most recently saved version of this blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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