WordPress reminded me this morning that I started blogging 3 years ago.
My thanks to all those who do visit and to those who take the time and effort to comment.

Botticelli’s St. Augustine writing and revising in his cell
As blogs go I don’t suppose that the blog statistics are anything to write home about (1650 posts, about 500K views with typically between 400 and 800 views per day and a maximum of 5000 views in a day). I find I cannot predict which posts will get a high viewership but I also find that I don’t really worry too much about that. Sometimes I find that an old post suddenly gets a lot of interest and I usually don’t know why. I suspect it might be when a class somewhere gets an assignment which just happens to have been the subject of an old post. But blogging has changed my behaviour. It helps me to construct my thoughts and it has certainly changed my reading habits. It does- I think – help me to maintain a “discipline”. Perhaps it helps my perception of myself as a St. Augustine blogging in his cell!!
Writing this blog has become important to me as an extension of my personal space and as I wrote a month or two ago
- I write primarily for myself on any and all topics that interest me and this interest varies over time and with my reading.
- I write when time allows and my posts reduce when I am on assignment or if I am travelling abroad.
- My posts here increase in frequency when I get “stuck” with my other writing projects but I find that just writing a blog post can often “relieve” the “writer’s block”. (And that I think is because a blog post is not directed at anyone in particular but my other writing is).
- I have no commercial interests or consequences connected with this site. …….
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So this blog is just a place for letting off steam, for getting my thoughts in order, for keeping my writing flowing and generally for developing my own views in areas that are relatively new to me. It is merely an extension of my space in the world – for good or ill.
When posts are of sufficient interest to attract many (or even any) readers then that is just an added bonus.
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