Happy anniversary
It’s been one heckuva year, readers. As many of you know, I moved from a small town in Northern Kentucky to Portland at the end of April. The blog moved too, and it’s had some growing pains along the way:
Low points: Switching comment systems due to an influx of spam and effectively losing all of your comments. Blechh. And moving a popular geo-blog to a new city proved confusing for new visitors. I’m working on it.
High points: Getting freelance writing work from people who like the blog. Meeting amazing new people. Slowly but surely, gaining some ground in Oregon, with new readers visiting the blog every day.
In fact, Visitors from 28 countries and 42 states visited the rose city journal this month. And it’s an ADD blog, but if you’re a regular reader, you knew that already. I started blogging to bring attention to an area of Northern Kentucky that wasn’t getting much play in the news. Then I wrote a couple of essays from the heart that became so popular, I kept on going.
And with the move to Portland, things haven’t changed too drastically. I still write about stuff that you and I both love to do: drinking craft beer, festivals, concerts in the park and some art-y happenings. Well-documented on the blog this year were my relationships with family, friends and of course, love interests- they’ve continued to be blog mainstays.
I look forward to a new year with you. As things keep changing for me, I’ll keep you posted. I hope you’ll keep me posted too.
December 11th is the two-year anniversary of the rose city journal.
Out with the old, in with the new.
Because darn it all, I’m ready for the New Year. Are you?
Low points: Switching comment systems due to an influx of spam and effectively losing all of your comments. Blechh. And moving a popular geo-blog to a new city proved confusing for new visitors. I’m working on it.
High points: Getting freelance writing work from people who like the blog. Meeting amazing new people. Slowly but surely, gaining some ground in Oregon, with new readers visiting the blog every day.
In fact, Visitors from 28 countries and 42 states visited the rose city journal this month. And it’s an ADD blog, but if you’re a regular reader, you knew that already. I started blogging to bring attention to an area of Northern Kentucky that wasn’t getting much play in the news. Then I wrote a couple of essays from the heart that became so popular, I kept on going.
And with the move to Portland, things haven’t changed too drastically. I still write about stuff that you and I both love to do: drinking craft beer, festivals, concerts in the park and some art-y happenings. Well-documented on the blog this year were my relationships with family, friends and of course, love interests- they’ve continued to be blog mainstays.
I look forward to a new year with you. As things keep changing for me, I’ll keep you posted. I hope you’ll keep me posted too.
December 11th is the two-year anniversary of the rose city journal.
Out with the old, in with the new.
Because darn it all, I’m ready for the New Year. Are you?
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