Suddenly *Not So* Single Journey

October State of the Blog Address…with a little state of me thrown in…

Author: thenicknick

Take from this hearth its warmth

From this room its charm

From this inn its amity

Return them not, but return…

 

The fireplace may not look like much, but it’s the one dwarfing the lobby at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville.  The fall always make me think of mountains, probably a product of my Adirondack upbringing.  And in North Carolina, Asheville is the quinessential mountain town…all artsy and interesting…not to mention great chocolate shops and one of my favorite restaurants EVER.  So, yeah, I like Asheville and while I never stayed at the Grove Park Inn due to the practically punitive cost of a room for a weekend…we did walk the grounds a bit and that’s when I fell in love with that fireplace with the most amazing quote engraved in the stone mantle.  Maybe I should create my own version for the blog?

Take from this post its warmth

From this blog its charm

From this site its amity

Return them not, but return…

See, the return part seems to be working.  And I love that.  I have more and more readers who are  succumbing to the need to comment.  I love reading what people write, I love the interaction.  Especially now.  It takes my mind off of other things, those nagging doubts that creep up and make me wonder how I’m going to make it on my own with two kids depending upon me.  Just me.  And their belief in my abilities is astonishing…and frightening.  I don’t want to disappoint them.

So, about blog business…

It was another great month for the blog.  I keep growing, not as fast as I’d like, but at least I’m headed in the right direction.  Maybe this month I need more attainable goals, and more marketing ideas.  ‘If you write it, they will come’ can only take me so far. 

I ended the month with 69 more visitors than the month before and with 275 more visits.  (You know I love my stats.)  The thing about watching the statistics is that I truly have a measure of my goal achievement.  In so many other aspects of life, it’s hard to tell if things are moving the way they should, if I am where I’m supposed to be.  With the blog…no mystery.  I can see every day how many people read what I wrote, who commented, and what countries people popped in from.  (I’m strangely popular in strange lands.  You wouldn’t think I’d translate in Moldova.) 

Well, historically speaking, November has been a huge month for me.  We’re a few short days from Keenan’s birthday.  And I’ve decided the share the story of his birth…Gilmore Style.  So, to say that I’m looking forward to seeing what will happen next is a gross understatement. 

This is my adventure, my brand spanking new adventure.  It’s all shiny with that new adventure smell.  Mmm.  Smells like hope and love and happiness.  Okay universe, I’m ready.  Lay it on me.

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