BLOG STATS

I've been writing this blog now about a year and a half and have enjoyed it immensely. I have a way to look on Google Analytics and tell how many people are reading the blog and where they are reading it from. Today I want to report on what the numbers are.

Most of my readers come from the Nashville area, and that it to be expected since most of my family lives here. The other big numbers area is in and around Phoenix, where my daughter and family live. That too is understandable. The surprise has been that apparently I have some people who check in regularly from different parts of the country.

One is in California. Right now West Hollywood is currently number three on the list of places who have opened the blog for the past month. I thought for a while that this was my son-in-law's father because they live in that area, but he didn't even know I was writing a blog. So it must be someone who just happened onto the column one day and stayed. Whoever it is is certainly welcome especially since he/she has been a visitor now for some months.

Another one is Knoxville, and I assumed that was MA, my sister. But then I see Crab Orchard on there and know that is her address. So I don't know who Knoxville is. Others who regularly show up are Antioch, Tennessee, and Grayson, Georgia. I'm sure that Grayson are my friends Larry and Betty, but I have no idea who Antioch is.

And of course, there are the one hit wonders (or maybe I should say wanders), the ones who are just passing through. I get those from all over the world. They just happen into the blog, don't like what they see and keep going never to return. Or maybe they do, I've had three hits from a city in the Philippines. And Manchester, England has visited a few times. In the last month, I have had visits from five different countries, most of them in the U.S. of course. The total visits have been 235 for the last 30 days.

Maybe I should start marketing the blog and see if I can make some money out of this space. I'M KIDDING!!! That's the last thing I would want to do, bring pressure on myself to get a blog out on a regular basis. No, I think I'll keep writing for pleasure and hope that everyone who reads it will get a laugh or two or get a whiff of what life in the South is like.

Or what life is like for an old grandmother of eight!!