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Are Your “Likes” Disappearing?

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In the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that sometimes, my “likes” on some posts are disappearing. If I go back to “like” a second or even a third time, it will drop again a few minutes later. It then appears as if I haven’t clicked “like” at all.

This is extremely irritating as you can imagine, especially when you’re trying to let people know you appreciate what they have posted.

Autumn apples – better than WP issues.

In the time it has taken for me to write this short bit, the likes I have left on others’ posts have dropped or disappeared, specifically from Renard, Mr. Muse and Travels Through My Lens. So if you haven’t seen my likes show up, it’s not for lack of trying. It’s because there’s some sort of WP glitch going on.

Are you experiencing any “likes” issues?

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Happy Samhain

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Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, in its original form is an ancient Celtic religious celebration that welcomed the harvest. People feasted and partied and in order to cautiously ward off ghosts, they lit bonfires and wore costumes to scare them away.

The advent of Christianity meant that elements of the ancient harvest festival were frowned on and the early church decided to incorporate it into the new November 1 All Saints Day, which was meant to eventually replace Samhain.

But things got a little muddled. “Halloween” is derived from All Hallows Eve, the name given to the evening before November 1, which is when Christians are to recognise and venerate the hallowed or consecrated and holy saints. Except things didn’t completely go that way.

The Samhain traditions remained largely untouched, regardless of Pope Gregory’s long-ago efforts back in AD 1000 to replace the celebration with a Christian one.

Most people don’t realise that the name “Halloween” is the shortened form of a Christian religious observance meant to overtake and eventually remove the old Samhain beliefs and practises, but Samhain lives on and the religious importance of November 1 has often been forgotten.

Happy Tuesday; happy Samhain. 🎃

Sometimes, life is like that.