While I have been browsing around online services and the Internet for more than a dozen years, this past year blogging has been the most enriching and satisfying year ever. I have gotten to know many new and interesting people. A few have come and gone, but certainly are not forgotten. Some have retired, others have found other direction in their lives. They will be missed, I am better for having met them, and shared a small slice of life.
When I started a year ago, I had really only intended to recapture a list of links to other blogs that I had been reading from a source that had disappeared. I could not have imagined how this would turn out.
When I started a year ago, I had really only intended to recapture a list of links to other blogs that I had been reading from a source that had disappeared. I could not have imagined how this would turn out.
I have been visited by readers from all around the world, literally, very humbling. In just the last month, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and 36 of the United States.
The statistics counter shows well over 20,000 visits, it boggles my mind.
I have received wonderful and supportive feedback from so many people. In the middle of the year I decided to try something different, and seem to have stumbled onto an interest in writing fiction, or imagineering. I had never tried that before, and frankly have been startled by the acceptance and response.
It has been a wonderful year.
Thank you all, thank you very much.
Thank you David. For being such a wonderful man, for sharing, for caring, for giving, for nurturing....
ReplyDeleteas you have felt enriched by others, i'm sure that any person who has spoken to you at any length has benefited from your kind soul.
ReplyDeletehappy anniversary. =)
hugs, elle
happy anniversary, my dear david. i am eternally grateful for your counsel in regards to my emerging submission, and i thank you for your friendship, support and guidance.
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kitten
You know, I've just tumbled over the 20,000 mark, myself. Which, when you think about it, is an awful lot of visits ...
ReplyDeleteMay your coming year of blogging be as enjoyable as this first one.
Happy anniversary. It is so nice to read a Dominant's perspective, especially one who writes so well.
ReplyDeleteIt is i who ought to be saying thank you, David. You are an amazingly caring and nuturing and wise man - and it is wonderful to learn about the Dom's perspective from one who teachs so well.
ReplyDeletehappy anniversay, and may you have many, many more happy and enriching blogging\writing years ahead.
affectionally,
lexa
although I've only recently (relatively speaking) come across your thoughts, I am thankful to have done so - you come up with some interesting and provocative issues and viewpoints and it is both challenging and interesting to explore!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, David. I hope you have many thousands of visits ahead of you.
ReplyDeleteI am really suprised to discover that you only began writing 'imagineering' in the middle of this year. You are very good at it.
ReplyDeleteIt was through blogging that I discovered my desire to write creatively.
Happy Blogerversary, my friend!
ReplyDeleteYour kindness, intelligence and humor have made it a wonderful year. i can always count on you helping me think a bit more deeply about "this thing we do".
Thank you also for your encouragement and support...your insights have been invaluable as W/we continue on O/our chosen path.
My very best wishes for another wonderful, sexy year!
~MJ's slave nik
Thank you each for your kind words, your appreciation and praise sustain me. Just as competing with superior athletes makes one a better athlete, so does writing for quality readers. I never forget that my readers are noteworthy writers too, and that I draw from each of you, my writing companions, in much the same way an athlete draws from his competitors.
ReplyDeleteThank you all, thank you very much.
I had that same discovery some time ago about blogging. It never ceases to amaze me at the support and acceptance that can come out of it. I suppose it helps that a little anonymity (is that the right word?) can bring the most honest and heartfelt emotions to your blog. People respond to that I believe.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it has been a good year! :)
Congrats! You're a wonderful read AND resource here in bloggerland. I hope one day to actually do the real deal and meet you.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that blogging is like prayer. DAMN that's deep. But I get it...
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