On August 14, 2009, I began my blog rather tentatively, with this short, introductory post. Over the next few weeks I got on a roll, and surprised myself (and probably some of you) with my prolificness [yes, a real word].
I installed Google analytics in May 2010 so I could track and analyze my blog’s stats. since then my blog has had over 2,500 different visitors, and going on 18,000 page views — not bad for a blog which started out with a readership of just a few people I knew.
I used to wonder if I would run out of material, but not anymore. This is post Number 168!
Here are some of my favorites from the past, from oldest to newest:
- 2.2.10: Wave Goodbye to the Slow Train (on riding the train from New Haven, CT to Springfield, MA)
- 2.21.10: Pan Love (on my love affair with cast iron pans)
- 4.3.10: The Very First Earth Day (all you ever wanted to know about how Earth Day came to be)
- 6.5.10: The Possible Dream (on the wind turbine which helps to power Phoenix Press)
- 6.16.10 Woodchuck Wednesday (a quirky post which has been discovered by readers from all over)
- 7.21.10: Where Have All the Codfish Gone? (on the changes to Cape Cod’s fishing industry)
- 9.1.10: Cooling with the Sun (on the solar-powered roof fan we installed)
- 9.19.10: Meatless Monday: Golden Beet Love
- 10.4.10: Meatless Monday: The Incredible, Edible, Egg (written after the massive egg recall)
- 11.22.10: Meatless Monday: Celebrating the Cranberry
- 12.27.10: Meatless Monday: Vegetarians Beware (on the hidden ingredient in popular candies)
- 3.8.11 The Ayes Have It (New Haven Alders Say “No” to Bottled Water)
- 5.16.11 Meatless Monday: Back to the Ramps (in which I describe my first experience preparing this spring treat)
- and finally
- 8.5.11: Times Are Strange: TOTRTG 2011 Wildlife Report (which includes an amazing tale of a far-traveling mountain lion)
Thank you everyone who has visited, told a friend, buzzed or +1d me, tweeted, left a comment, sent an idea, or added a link on a site. Your support is my inspiration.
I hope you’ll continue to follow me on my journey. And if you know someone in Mississippi, please send them my way. It's the only state where I have not had a reader.
If all goes well, there will be a Meatless Monday post tomorrow. I’m doing my best. I hope you’ll visit again soon.
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