I started this about a year ago, not knowing what to expect. I signed up with blogger.com, paid ten bucks for a domain name registration, and started writing. Almost immediately traffic came — not a huge amount of traffic but enough to intrigue me. I decided that if the average daily traffic persisted, then the aggregate in a year would make my efforts worthwhile.
If that defines an expectation, then I have exceeded expectations several times over. Today, I am writing less frequently than I did. Traffic keeps coming, anyway. Blogging, for me, has been worthwhile.
Looking back at the year, some posts seem to have found an audience. The Top 10 by total readers is:
Some posts are more important to me than they are to others. The best advice I have ever written to myself is found in “Be strong and courageous.” “Word of testimony,” on both lists, was one of the last things Mom collaborated with Dad to finish before she died. Considering that Dad contributed only 6 posts to my 96 posts, a top-ten finish, suggests that Dad’s writing is more relevant even if his posting is less prolific. Speaking of Mom, my last conversation with her was regarding “Servile fearfulness.” It does not appear on either list, but its title references Shakespeare so that makes it worth something.
If there is a post that doesn’t belong on the top 10, it would be “Super lucky elephant.” You might consider reading, “Jesus, Son of David” instead. That, of course, is my opinion, and since I’ve opened the door to personal opinion to what belongs, here is a list of less-read posts (in alphabetical order) that I would consider most necessary for me to have written.
How much I shall write in the next year is unknown even to me. I do not have any plans to stop, nor do I have ambitions to write frequently. Several weeks ago, I deleted posts that I deemed as having exceeded their usefulness. None of them attracted much of an audience, and I am probably thankful for that.
If that defines an expectation, then I have exceeded expectations several times over. Today, I am writing less frequently than I did. Traffic keeps coming, anyway. Blogging, for me, has been worthwhile.
Looking back at the year, some posts seem to have found an audience. The Top 10 by total readers is:
- Faith and faithfulness
- God's gift of meaning
- Ora et labora
- Gold, frankincense, and myrrh
- Be strong and courageous
- Word of testimony
- Super lucky elephant
- Granny's song
- More magi
- Sacrilege
- Gold, frankincense, and myrrh
- Sacrilege
- God's gift of meaning
- Faith and faithfulness
- More magi
- Ora et labora
- Wrath and mercy
- Word of testimony
- Be strong and courageous
- Super lucky elephant
Some posts are more important to me than they are to others. The best advice I have ever written to myself is found in “Be strong and courageous.” “Word of testimony,” on both lists, was one of the last things Mom collaborated with Dad to finish before she died. Considering that Dad contributed only 6 posts to my 96 posts, a top-ten finish, suggests that Dad’s writing is more relevant even if his posting is less prolific. Speaking of Mom, my last conversation with her was regarding “Servile fearfulness.” It does not appear on either list, but its title references Shakespeare so that makes it worth something.
If there is a post that doesn’t belong on the top 10, it would be “Super lucky elephant.” You might consider reading, “Jesus, Son of David” instead. That, of course, is my opinion, and since I’ve opened the door to personal opinion to what belongs, here is a list of less-read posts (in alphabetical order) that I would consider most necessary for me to have written.
How much I shall write in the next year is unknown even to me. I do not have any plans to stop, nor do I have ambitions to write frequently. Several weeks ago, I deleted posts that I deemed as having exceeded their usefulness. None of them attracted much of an audience, and I am probably thankful for that.
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