It’s an
anniversary! It’s been nine years of A Minute with Michael on Blogspot.com, or Blogger, as it's known now. In
that time, I have written (including this) 1,204 posts, I’ve written two books,
Never Said Enough, and the follow-up Saying Too Much: A Second Volume
of Poetry and have hopefully touched some part of my readers lives in a
small way. I’m really awestruck that if you read one post a day, every day, it
would take 3.3 years to finish. That’s an astounding trivial fact!
I’m proud
of the work I’ve put into this blog site, even if “blogging” isn’t exactly as
popular as it once was. And if I think about it, I might have been a little
late to that party as it was. I am
thankful that an old friend showed me how to even start up a blog page nine
years ago and even though time has essentially erased the connection I had with
that friend; I am still appreciative of her help. Without her assistance, I don’t
know what I would have done to express myself creatively and artistically.
I know
that with each follow, re-post, share, like and re-tweet, I’ve been allowed to
become a small part of your lives and your thoughts. My wish is that this
curious form of telepathy has meant as much to you as it means to me and I am
sincerely grateful for all the support, likes, re-tweets, shares, and comments
I’ve received over the years.
I know
not everyone has the time to read much these hectic days and I do try to keep
my posts to the minimum of a quick read. I do aspire to try and adhere to the “Minute”
part of the title. (Although I am a pretty fast reader so that method of timing
might be a little skewed.) I deeply recognize the effort my readers put in to
make time for my little pieces about life, love, sadness, joy and occasional
lunacy. I’m proud to identify as a writer and as a poet and welcome the
gracious encouragement I have received.
I will
continue to post and write and create to express not only my internal
struggles, woes, happiness’s; but be a relatable platform for all those that
might feel the same things stirring inside themselves but just don’t have the
words to express it. And to make sure use of the semi-colon doesn’t vanish.
I am
looking forward to the Ten-year anniversary next year and I hope before then to
have a collection of my short stories in print. So keep a lookout for that
sometime in the coming year.
Thank
you again for the Nine years of support and love!
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