I know this is what you've all been waiting for - an update on my WordPress stats. Despite my lack of blogging in 2025 (a total of eight blog posts), the number of views I had set an all-time record, and it wasn't even close. For 2025, my blog had over 518,000 views. To … Continue reading My Brief Love Affair with China, and the Rise and Fall of My WordPress Stats
My view count is running behind schedule this week. I am on a streak of 10 straight weeks with at least 3,000 views per week. That averages out to about 429 views per day. Currently, it looks like I will end today with slightly less than 1,600 views so far this week, which mean for … Continue reading This Blog Post Needs to Get a Lot of Views. Feel Free to Click, Like, and Leave…
Last week I wrote a post, "The Power of Poetry", and referenced John Paul Lederach, a Mennonite conflict mediator who likes to write meeting notes and trip reports in haiku form. He believes that the act of distilling information to a five-seven-five syllable format is a way to “capture the wonder of the human experience … Continue reading Haikus About Blogging
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