So what did my first post look like? Well, here it is. I was anxious to get something posted. It was kind of an introduction. I had no readers and comments. I just wasn't out there so that I could e recognized. Back to blogging for dummies. I finally found out how to post my blog where it might be seen. For many posts I had no readers and of course no comments.
It was a challenge and I was determined to win. After I had things set up my intention was to quit. So here I am 15 years later. This post was made on Aug. 27, 2008.
The next post was on Sept. 23 , 2008. I think I only made 2 posts in 2008.
So many people have given me pleasure during my blog journey . I've learned so much from the people who follow and comment.
Thanks.
So my 2008 blog post starts here.
What does one say when one starts a blog ? Obviously something must be on my mind . I'm interested in the environment , music, reading, Xcountry skiing , cycling , issues of health and education ... So from time to time I will leave comments on these topics and other related issues . I hope that you find something of value ...informative, interesting or something which you wish to comment on.
Well, you certainly have plenty of followers and comments these days. Did you just pass some massive milestone? Or was that someone else? I sure do enjoy your posts and have followed you during your many years of blogging. Please don't stop! :-)
ReplyDeleteBlogging is very satisfying. I've no intentions of retiring.
DeleteA start is a start. My first post was to my family as we embarked on a double Viking river boat cruise out of the Netherlands and then France.
ReplyDeleteMany people start a blog to inform family or friends of their activities.
DeleteThat was well thought through and presented. My first blog was along the lines of "I found this kitten". Bye and bye people stopped to read it and comment.
ReplyDeleteFunny how by and by people happen to find you.
DeleteYou always have something interesting to share:)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I find life interesting.
DeleteI wonder how much your interests have changed in the last 15 years. (I don't think I've seen too many posts on skiing lately, but that's okay with me.) I enjoy reading and thinking about your recent and current posts!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I as looking at that. Life has changed a great deal. I'll have to redo my page. I've got 15 years older.
DeleteI think my first post rambled too.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to get something out there.
DeleteRed, your posts always leave something to comment on. This was a good beginning, and now look where you are.
ReplyDeleteYes, my blog topics have quite a range. Not just cows for me!
DeleteYou've come a long way since that first post. It's always a pleasure to stop by Hiawatha House. Thanks for sharing your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I've met many people and read some very interesting posts.
DeleteI'm so glad we got to be blogging buddies, Red. We have always loved Canadians and loved traveling north from Chicago.
ReplyDeleteMy first post on February 29th, 2008 was:
It's another snowy day in Illinois. Once again my husband was out there shoveling his way out the door to get the morning newspaper. It does make us think about what it will be like next winter when we have made our move back to Hawaii after 33 years. It's a move we do with some melancholy because we hate leaving behind our daughter, son in law and precious granddaughter who is the light of our eyes.
Well that would hold my interest to see what happens next.
DeleteThe first step of many!
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to predict what comes next at the onset of an unknown journey.
DeleteBlogging has been one of the greatest things I have done, it has brought so much to my life and I suspect all bloggers feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteI hope you continue to enjoy it, Red
I agree with you that blogging has brought much to my life. What would I be doing without a blog?
DeleteI think I deleted my first post, which was sort of “here I am and what is this about”.
ReplyDeleteI've deleted the odd post too.
DeleteWell, you have certainly hit your stride with blogging! I enjoy your posts about your life and also about the history of your family. You 'straddle two worlds', as the saying goes. You have one foot in a time and place that very few of us will ever know, growing up in a remote family farm during a whole different era, and then your work in the north. Your country's history is also interesting. The pioneers were tough and self reliant souls.
ReplyDeleteThanks! That's a good description of Hiawatha House.
DeleteI am glad you have stuck with it, Red. I enjoy your blog!
ReplyDeleteIt gets to be habit forming.
DeleteI love reading your first blog post. I am glad that you have kept at it for all these years.
ReplyDeleteIt's become a habit. what else would I do?
DeleteMy first blog post was embarrassing and I long ago deleted it. What had I been thinking?!
ReplyDeleteNow you've really made me curious.
DeleteIt was nothing you would want to read, trust me. The title was "multi level friends". It was just a bunch of self righteous blathering.
DeleteInteresting, I should look at my first blog post in 2007 I think. Yours was good.
ReplyDeleteIt sounded vey formal.
DeleteYou came a long way, Red. There's no stopping you now. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's just part of my life now.
DeleteSo many posts have passed over the time you've been blogging that you have every reason to be proud of all you've achieved.
ReplyDeleteYes, and some of those posts were pretty weak.
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