State of the Blog

After another Saturday when I failed to take advantage of any Mohawk Valley events (I meant to go hear the Symphony Syracuse at Ft. Stanwix in Rome, but the best laid plans…), I was left without a post to write. I got myself to run by saying, “I’ll blog about my run!” It was a good run. I petted three dogs. But I asked myself, how many running commentaries can I get away with? That led me to do something I have been meaning to do since I passed the landmark of 50 posts: I went through all my posts and tried to make a tally of what all I have blogged about.

Twenty-eight blogs have been about local businesses, twenty-one about community events or attractions, six about walks, five about runs, and eight defy categorization. Well, maybe somebody could make up a category for them, I don’t care to. Remember, there are two kinds of people in the world: the kind that put things in categories and the kind that don’t.

I was encouraged to see that the majority of posts has been about local businesses or community things, although a little sorry that business posts outnumber community posts. In my defense, businesses are open every day while community events may be inconveniently scheduled. I did not go back and actually read the posts, so I did not come up with any statistics of lame posts vs scintillating posts. I like to think they all have some merit, and in any case, most are short.

Speaking of lame but short posts, I think I’ve said all I can about the State of My Blog. I strive for improvement and thank my readers for spending a little time with me in the Mohawk Valley.

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