“You live life looking forward, you understand life looking backward.”

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855; Danish Philosopher, theologican, and cultural critic who had a major impact on existentialism.)

DEAR READERS,

As we enter the last day of 2022, I can’t let the year slip away without seizing the opportunity to thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Writing my weekly posts has anchored me during a year when I needed to be anchored. Knowing that you were out there reading my posts has strengthened me and uplifted me during a year when I needed to be strengthened and uplifted.

Looking back, I am surprised by the results! You might be, too. Let me share.

POSTS: 58

WORDS: 80,921

VIEWS: 6,625

COMMENTS: 422

MOST-VIEWED POSTS:

● Oh, No! Sourdough!

● What a Way to Live

● Spaces and Habits of Famous (and Not-So-Famous) Writers

● I’m a Spring Teaser

● Two Ways of Looking at the World

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● Ten Guaranteed Tips to Increase Blog Traffic | Top-Rated and 100% Unproven!

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● The Joy of Weeding

● The Other Side

● Two, Together

● The Story of Angel Falls

You, MY DEAR READERS, come from 59 COUNTRIES all around the world. I am in awe.

• Australia
• Austria
• Bangladesh
• Belize
• Bhutan
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• China
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Hong Kong SAR China
• Hungary
• India
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Kenya
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• Morocco
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• Nigeria
• Norway
• Pakistan
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• Qatar
• Romania
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• Saudi Arabia
• Serbia
• Singapore
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Vietnam

Wouldn’t it be grand if we could reach out, join hands, and celebrate worldwide unity and inclusion, advocated so powerfully in Bob Marley’s “One Love”:

One love, one heart

Let’s get together and feel all right.

Maybe—just maybe—that’s exactly what we’re doing together in our own small way–week by week; post by post–right here in this blog.

I have no idea how you found your way into my life in 2022, but as we welcome 2023, I hope that you will continue to stand by me as we read our way together throughout the New Year!