Today we are passing the milestone of 111,000 visits to this blog. There is a stable, core group of readers, mostly from the US and Europe, many of whom have been reading the blog for years. In addition, there are occasional-to-frequent readers from many other countries, all over the world. I am very appreciative of this loyal readership.
About a week ago I threw my back out and it has taken until now to recover. My chief weapon in fixing it has been a yoga move, Supine Spinal Twist. An example can be seen in the video Nude Yoga: Flow Yoga Routine, which I posted to this blog on 16 April. Anyway, the back problem slowed me down quite a bit.
Now it's back to work, but more and more I realize that, at my age, really large projects are not very appropriate. I doubt that I will take up translating the Psalms again (I've done 34 out of 150). But, one never knows.
My "Polynesian period" is probably over, except for fond reminiscences. There is no need to provide a common regional language with a simpler grammar, since a common feature of those languages is a grammar that is quite simple, and is not an impediment to learning (as was and is the case with Cherokee).
I am surprised at how well my Udugi language has held up. With the exception of modern technical terms and some abstractions, I can say pretty much anything in Udugi that I can say in English (as long as I have my dictionary handy). I have begun, again, to use the language as a quasi-asemic layer in my poems.
I'm continuing to enjoy producing my "Photos" series, in which short poems or quotes are put into my photographs.
My blog indexing project continues. 2016 is done, as is most of 2017 (the biggest year). I had to put the project on the back burner because of my back, but I'll be resuming it now.
As usual, I would like to thank all of you for your continued interest and enthusiasm.
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