I used to blog about the project on the farm, including baking and apple pressing. I’m not sure how interesting it was, but I had pictures of sheep and goats and poultry and that made up for the deficiencies in the text.
Startled Teddy Bear
Then it moved on to what we did on our days off. I used to worry, at that point, that nobody would be interested, but it was variety.
Then, of course, we had to leave the farm and break up the group and I started writing about life in a coin shop, followed by writing poetry, followed by life as a retired man. I’m not particularly interesting, but I have got past the point of worrying about it.
So, I ramble through life, writing about nothing in particular and, it seems, don’t have many followers or people who like me. This isn’t unexpected, the surprise is that I have any regular readers at all.
The new “Blast from the Past” feature on WP was one of the things that brought about this conclusion. The other was the notification that I had increased traffic. There is indeed a hump in my stats and hundreds of people have looked at my posts. About 400 of them were from China and even more were from the USA. None of the Chinese watchers have posted to like or comment and the only comments/likes from the USA are from the normal few people who pop along regularly.
Bear with seed packet from Kew
It looks like I’m being visited by the bots that gather information for generating AI. That is the true indicator of the state of the world. Scientists, if my theory is correct, are visiting my blog to enable artificial intelligence to harvest the information needed to run the world. My blog!
Just think of that. Our future is being decided on the basis of the ramblings of a grumpy geriatric who has an unhealthy relationship with chips and punctuation (not to mention Excessive Un-necessary Capitalisation).
Rupert the Bear
I have a new way of wasting time, by the way – I read the posts I made on this day over the years, or which link to them, including the one where I pretended to be a bear and the one that has information on the MV Coronia, which I can use elsewhere. It really is a useful resource for people like me who want to move their procrastination to the next level.
A Bear of Very Little Brain
Photos are bears. You probably guessed that though . . .
Your posts are always interesting. Keep doing what you would like to do. I always learn something new here.
I’d better keep going then. 🙂
I think that you are unduly pessimistic. I look forward to reading your posts with keen anticipation, and if there is a gap thanks to excessive procrastination, I feel the loss. I have read diaries by many eminent people which are far less interesting than yours. You are right up there with George and Weedon Grossmith.
Ah, the Grossmiths . . .
I used to identify with the many problems outlined in that diary. 🙂
Yes the bots are annoying, most of the visitors on my website are China, Russia and USA. But I figure the Finance Minister of Nigeria has either retired or not clued up with technology. He’s not offered to out half a million into my account for years
I miss those widows of African politicians . . . 🙂
I am particularly fond of the bear in the last picture. Such a perky expression! Most of the blogs I follow are about everyday life, and I enjoy them very much. The others are book blogs, which I also really enjoy. Most people’s lives are made of everyday things, and if you don’t take pleasure in them, then you won’t have much of a life.
You are right. Poetry, as they remind us, is about observing the mundane and making it new in some way. 🙂
ok. reas posts in obviously wrong order ..but yeah
I think I get the gist of what you are saying. I browsed the new feature for a while but yesterday I fell right into the trap. My proof reading, such as it is, is poor on many previous posts, and I do appear to be less interesting, as fewer p-eople visit.
Please don’t wast your time on the new WP time wasters.
Until today I had avoided it, then suddenly a whole new vista of time wasting opened up.