30 people read my latest blog post on "I Used to be Younger." Who are they? I do not know. I know who four or five of them are. There is one dear friend who comments regularly. Occasionally there are junk comments with someone who is selling something. I delete those solicitations. It is quite possible that of the 30, there are many who are just scrolling looking for people to sell things to.
I have two main goals for blogging. One is that it helps me think things through and writing helps with that. The other is that the blog serves as a scrapbook of sorts--a way to remember our year when I make a book in January of the previous year. A diary with photos! It's amazing how much one can forget and it is fun to go back and look over years past. I always enjoy seeing how much Jim likes to look over the books of yesteryear--or even just last year.
So..if you read this blog, could you leave a comment or send me an email to mvanderkam@hotmail.com? Don't worry--I'm not going the Substack route or trying to sell anything! I guess I am just curious!
I read! I don't know you but clicked over once from Laura's blog and just keep reading. I love following your journey in gracefully aging and loving your family and country.
ReplyDeleteDear Mary,
ReplyDeleteI also came by ways of Laura's blog and I like following your writing. So if you see a visitor from the Netherlands (though originally from Germany, and closer to Laura's age), it is probably me :-) I also love to read that you do bake your own banket staaf and gift chocolate letters.
Its me! Nancy
ReplyDeleteHi Mary,
ReplyDeleteI am the mother of a young friend of yours from Notre Dame. And we had Christmas dinner with you and Jim at her house a few years ago. I think she told me you had a blog and I've been enjoying reading about you and your family since then. My husband and I both enjoy reading and watching sports on tv so we have some things in common.