I don’t understand why people enjoy this site. I know some folks read it regularly while others stop by only occasionally (or when they wonder what we’ve been doing).

Last night I went to the statistics area of my domain. I use a recording system called Webalizer and it computes how many “hits” the site has had. It tabulates them monthly.

I have several sites listed below in no particular order:
http://dulcimers.com my biggest and most popular website.
http://dulcimers.biz my sales website.
http://flintbanjoclub.com for the large, popular Flint-based, four-string banjo club.
http://sub-strings.com our Saginaw hammered dulcimer club.
http://folkmusicsociety.org the Folk Music Society of Midland’s website.
http://deedeetibbits.com site for the popular, talented Dee Dee Tibbits.
http://sonasmusic.com site for one of my favorite performing music groups.
http://finniganmusic.com a duo of Celtic musicians.
http://midlanddulcimerfestival.com for the festival offered by the FMSM.
http://originaldulcimerplayersclub.org the club that sponsors the ODPC Funfest.
https://sharons-blog.com this website.

This collection of websites I design and host, keeps me busy.

Last night, when I reviewed the statistics, I was surprised at what I found. Obviously the biggest, most popular site is http://dulcimers.com. It gets nearly 2.5 million hits a year. There’s a wide gap between it and the other sites on the list. The number two site in popularity is a virtual “tie” between my sales site http://dulcimers.biz. and THIS SITE, https://sharons-blog.com. Both the sales site and this blog have over 205,000 hits annually. The fact that this site is so popular shocked me.

Why would anyone read this blog? Our lives are dull. I have a tendency to ramble. Sometimes it reads like a diary as a way of recording what we’re doing. Other times, it’s a wish list. Sometimes it’s just narrative of something that intrigues me.

On a personal level, I’ve told the story of how I found my brother (which you can find on the side bar under the heading “family matters.” ) It’s been a travel site when we went out West in 2006. Recently I’ve been following the drama of John’s health crisis.

This site is much too self-involved and there are those who probably see it as an ego trip, but in fact, for most of my life I’ve kept a “journal.” This blog has taken the place of a private journal. It helps keep family and friends up-to-date with what we’re doing, and it lets me record our life so I can go back and review occasionally. Like you, I enjoy re-reading the stuff we’ve done and how I felt about it at the time.