To Comment or Not to Comment, that is the question

The winner of the Bella Bear Make do is Laurie of Old School Acres!!!
Yippee!
I will be emailing you to get your mailing info!
Thank you to all 17 of you who left a comment.

I think there must be a few of you who read and dash. Which is fine. It puzzles me though. By TypePad's  Stats I had 281 visits on Sat, 232 on Sun and 243 yesterday. Am I to conclude that you either didn't want a shot at the bear or you didn't read that post or what? Or you don't stick around long enough to say anything? I am guilty of reading and running- especially if my blog time is limited. Lately I haven't even made time to read any- I miss it. There is too much to be done though. Maybe I should take a vacation- like Vicki.

Miz Smoochielips and I had a discussion yesterday about Blog etiquette and maybe we will write a book about it.

Like is it better to email each commenter individually and thank them for commenting? Or do you leave the comment on your Blog?

I read them but I don't always take the time to follow up- is that the problem? I am sorry- sometimes I just don't make time to do the little polite niceties. I do appreciate all your comments, even if I don't respond.

Do you have a blog? What do you prefer? How do you answer comments? Let me hear some discussion on this, OK? Or maybe I'll ask the wise Caterpillar.