I have been a Moodscoper since the days of John Cousins, he who developed the programme. No medals required, it's just a fact - to be brutally honest, Moodscope,  my long suffering partner and quite a few timely drugs have saved my life.

Moodscope has been incredibly important to me in many ways other than its basic function, its use and usefulness evolving over time and according to my mental state.

I have long stopped scoring, as I have settled into retirement, living in the moment, and time - 4 years - has assuaged the scars, guilts, memories and triggers of my previous existence.

I've never used the other gadgets on the site, but when I was scoring the graph, the ability to annotate it and the buddy system were invaluable.

However, I still treasure the daily arrival of the blog, in turns fascinating, illuminating, thought provoking or just sharing a common sentiment or goal.

I don't, though, make use of the new searchable library of blogs.

Caroline is often stuck for blogs, and whilst some of the fraternity are incredibly gifted in providing regular contributions, others are intermittent - like me - and it's not a given that we can all write blogs or indeed have the time and inclination.

Moodscope is the sum of its parts, its contributors, its loyal management team, the blogs and the comments, thus it will go where we wish.

So, long-windedly as ever, bearing in mind we all ‘enjoy’ fluctuating mental health, would recycling some blogs not only help Caroline and the team, but might it bring back some of the best, timeless and most thought-provoking?

As, for myself at least, each day dawns clear with sketchy memories of yesterday, let alone last week, and a given blog might either seem totally new but trigger different responses, be fondly remembered by some or even be a panacea.

How many of our motley crew would support this, or feel aggrieved?

Any thoughts as to how this might be achieved - who decides?

Farmer Charlie Ret’d

A Moodscope member