Last night we passed the milestone of 148,000 visits (page-views) in this poetry/writing/photography blog. Instead of the three weeks that it took to get another thousand visits when blog activity was at its highest, it took about a month and a half this time. I'm not posting as many times per day as before--it would be fair to say that I'm slowing down.
It would also be fair to say that I'm doing a lot of other things. In addition to my usual diverse studies, my wife and I went to New York for the US Open in September. Here's a photo:
This was the second time that Sandy and I had attended a US Open. The first time was in 2009, thirteen years before. Believe me, this time it was much, much harder. We are not as young as we used to be.
Then, in late September, we had Hurricane Ian. At first it was projected to go right over us, but somehow it made an early turn into Ft. Myers, instead. We feel blessed.
October is only half over, but Sandy spent a couple of days in the hospital, and gave me quite a scare. She is home again and is doing well.
With one thing and another, I haven't had much time for the blog posts that I usually do. I especially have not had time for the extended series things that I like to do, but I celebrated my eightieth birthday with some additions to my Aging Project.
Yes, I'm now 80. Not only that, but I've decided to try for 100 or more. That should take me well beyond 230,000 blog visits. :)
Thank you all for your continued interest and enthusiasm. I close with another clothed photo, just to show that it does happen:
Photo by Fergus McCarthy of Midleton, County Cork, Ireland.
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