On April 29th, 2013, this madness started.
12 years.
4,384 days.
4,481 posts.
10,681 images. (90%+ are taken by me, maybe 95%+ The rest are images from the news, from cell phone screen captures, and so on.)
79 videos.
12 audio clips.
3983+ total comments. (Please keep them coming!)
Who knows at this point how many total views, total visitors to the site, or total likes. I’m sure that the data is buried off in JetPack somewhere, but I don’t routinely go check that sort of thing, so I can’t find it right now.
A ton of followers including the fact that we just crossed the 775 line (now at 777) on WordPress, folks who get my blatherationinings in their email every day! My undying thanks to all of you for your support!
God alone knows how many words.
The last time I either was too busy or, more likely, simply forgot to post anything was August 14, 2024. That broke a really, really long streak of 1,586 days in a row where I posted. Since they I’ve started a new streak and I’ve now posted 258 days in a row.
In total there have only been fifteen days of those 4,384 days when I didn’t post anything at all.
I hope that at least a few of the thousands of folks who get notified every day that I’ve posted something take a minute to look and/or read and get a moment of zen or pleasure from it. I enjoy creating it.
One of the reasons that I started this site was to keep busy, keep being creative, keep sharing, keep in contact at a low time in my life, while I was between jobs for the first time in over thiry years. That situation got resolved with two great jobs at two great non-profit organizations since then. And at this last weekend’s LA Times Festival Of Books, I got the opportunity to talk to Chuck Wendig for a moment and thank him for his weekly writing prompts back in the day on his website. That also helped me get through that time.
I’m not sure what will be there to help get through this current time, but I’m sure something will come along. Or we’ll have to create it.
I hope that in the next year there are many more occasions to share a pretty picture, a goofy story, or something clever. Maybe there will be adventures, like finding that Forever Home and moving there.
I hope that in the next year there will be many fewer occasions to descend into a venting rant about something stupid, annoying, or depressing. If we can avoid any tragedies, that would be great. If we can still have a functioning country and society in that year, that would be even better.
I already have pictures of squirrels, lizards, and the Moon lined up for later this week… OH, BOY!!!
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 