No one is “exactly the same” on social media as they are at home. I’m not even sure it’s possible. The process of writing about your life changes it.
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A MONDAY MORNING DAWDLE
The Dawdler What’s a typical or average day look like for you from when you awaken to the day to when you retire for the night? I finally give up trying to sleep. I listen to whatever book I’m into… Read More ›
FPQ #107: HIATUS OR JUST WIFI INTERRUPTUS? ROUND TWO!
Fandango’s Provocative Question #107: HIATUS For all practical purposes, I am on hiatus. There is just so much stuff that I have time for. I don’t have the time to deal with running up posts every day and still managing my… Read More ›
HOT ONES AND COLD ONES – Marilyn Armstrong
A couple of years ago, I discovered my most popular post was black & white pictures of implements in my kitchen. Also well-favored were cute pictures of Bonnie and a 300-word piece on why I’d like to be called “Spike.”… Read More ›
STATS AND BUMPS ALONG THE WAY – Marilyn Armstrong
During my first three years of blogging, I got around 100, then 200, then 250 to 300 views per day. In year four, it slid up to around 350 to 400. Where it stayed, showing a gradual, slow but steady… Read More ›
LIFE. EXPONENTIALLY. – By Tom Curley
Did you see DJT on Fox and Friends this morning? Or maybe you saw him on Colbert this evening. He was also on the evening news, so if you watched TV at all, you saw him. It was also all… Read More ›
LIVING EXPONENTIALLY – Tom Curley
Did you see DJT on Fox and Friends this morning? Or maybe you saw it on Colbert this evening. It was also on the evening news, so if you watched TV at all, you saw it. It was also all… Read More ›
LOSING IS THE OTHER SIDE OF WINNING – SUPER BOWL LII
Since the Patriots became a “real” football team in 2001, there have been 18 super bowls. The Patriots won five. Lost three. The other 10 Super Bowls were won by other teams and the Patriots weren’t in the game. The… Read More ›
THE MOST POPULAR POSTS OF 2017
These are not necessarily my favorite posts, though a few are. These are posts that got a lot of hits — and are not reblogs. I also — with one exception — didn’t include photo-only posts. It was too much… Read More ›
GOOGLE BUMPS
For my first three years of blogging, I got around 100, then 200, then 250 to 300 views per day. In year four, it slid up to around 350 to 400. Where it stayed, showing a gradual, slow but steady upward… Read More ›
HALF A MILLION – A LOT OF VIEWS
We have a small pond in our woods. It’s way far back and though I can see it from two windows in the house, I have never been there. There’s no path. Getting there would mean climbing boulders and crossing… Read More ›
CHECK OUT THE WORDPRESS CLASSIC STATS REDIRECT SCRIPT V2 – REBLOG
Noticed that you’ve lost your old stats page? Here’s a workaround (actually two workarounds) that may help you get stats you actually can use — until WordPress”fixes it” again. Oy. The “new improved” stats page has no useful information in… Read More ›
TEXTURES FOR A THURSDAY
TUESDAYS OF TEXTURE | WEEK 44 OF 2016 I know it’s not Tuesday. I know and I’m sorry, but Tuesday was a bit busy and Wednesday got full … so Thursday it is. I’m trying to not post more than three… Read More ›
AND SO, THE BIG NUMBER DRIFTED PAST …
I wrote about almost hitting 400,000 on the 9th of June, 11 days ago. Endurance, I called it. Still blogging after all these years. Yesterday, the number was 400,792, but it has changed hand and I don’t know what it is now. It’s… Read More ›
ENDURANCE: STILL BLOGGING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
If you blog long enough, the numbers add up. I’m surprised so many people take the time to visit Serendipity. I’m equally surprised I’m still posting pretty much every day. Especially because after four years, I haven’t yet figured out what this blog is… Read More ›
CONNECTING THE STATS
On examining the statistics for Serendipity this week, I find my most popular posts (as opposed to those written by other people for the site), are black & white pictures of stuff in my kitchen. Some cute pictures of our dog Bonnie, and a… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 