Part of me is reluctant to cop to my small numbers, but what is a blog if it isn’t disemboweling yourself publicly? Rodney’s Saga from December 22, 2011 to December 21, 2012: 366 posts. 9,478 views. 1,120 comments. 92 followers. 69 countries. Best month: November at 1,151. Most visits on a single day: 138 viewsContinue reading “End of the Month Commentary – By the Numbers”
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Ponder, ponder, ponder. As usual, RideXC, restated the issue with wit and precision: And then what? You get on a slow boat to Argentina sans cel phone? You disappear in a puff of logic? Sounds so disturbingly final. In the post in question [Vox], I said that tomorrow, December 21, would be my last post.Continue reading “Where Do We Go From Here?”
Literary Midwives
(The November end-of-the-month* post on writing & blogging.) I would like to end National Gratitude Month with a shout out to the members of my writing group. They have been with the blog from the beginning. Obviously, they were better able to help editing the monthly posts [Back to Eventing, BtRiding]. Although I had toContinue reading “Literary Midwives”
NaBloPoMo – Midpoint Review
I had such plans. NaBloPoMo is my final push to launch my blog at a wider audience before I pick up my marbles and go home [Vox]. The only rule for NaBloPoMo is to blog every day. Since I had done that for the 10 months previous, the idea of daily blogging did not strikeContinue reading “NaBloPoMo – Midpoint Review”
Political Poll
I am not asking who you voted for. I’m not even asking if you voted. When I was old enough to start noticing the outside world, I asked my mother who she voted for. She wouldn’t tell me. One of the virtues of our system is that you never have to tell anyone for whomContinue reading “Political Poll”
10 Tips for Daily Blogging
Post # 316 since December 22, 2011. Haven’t missed a day yet. 1 No one cares what you did. I write a horse blog. Suppose I wrote, “I went to the barn. My horse was good.” Even my mother would get tired of reading. Interesting data can be killed with bad writing. “I climbed Everest.Continue reading “10 Tips for Daily Blogging”
Showtime
No saddleseat lesson this week but I still learned something. The truck did not start. Since it had been plugged in overnight, this indicates a deeper problem than a simple lack of charge. When I called Stepping Stone Farm to cancel, the trainer said she might not be available next Friday. Students were still decidingContinue reading “Showtime”
Virtual Brush Box 