Wednesday 15 August 2012

Six months, 8,000 page views and a couple of expletives...





This little blog is now six months old - give or take a few hours, a couple of expletives and some typos. Sitting up and rolling about a bit, grumpy with teething problems and probably needing to be winded; my little blog is on it's way to becoming a toddler.
No-one is more surprised than me that it's just notched up 8,000 page views, although many may have stumbled on it whilst looking for something else! I already know that somebody landed on it while they were looking for a Brighton teashop; I love teashops and Brighton, so this seems quite reasonable to me.
I hope some of you who didn't really intend to be here will come back. I do believe it does what it says on the tin: I am a slightly quirky Catholic woman living by the sea who scribbles poems, loves treacle tart and sometimes gets quite ratty about a variety of things. Your comments, stories and humour are also very welcome.
There are several stunning versions of the traditional song "The Water is Wide" and I thought it was time to share another. The performance in celebration of Pete Seeger's 90th birthday, at Madison Square Garden in 2007, featured the sublime Emmylou Harris, Teddy Thompson, Martha and Rufus Wainwright, The McGarrigle Sisters and James Taylor...

"The Water is Wide"  Emmylou Harris and others                
Photo: Gigi, album
*Thank you for reading and God bless*

8 comments:

  1. WOW ... You have a Big Ben and a big wheel in Brighton too?

    Well done on reaching 8000. Happy Blogging.

    God bless.

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  2. No no Victor! That pic was taken in March on my birthday in London of course! But... we DO have a Brighton Wheel, pictures of which feature in other posts on this blog, and we have a littler clock tower at the end of Queens Road; it's called Baby Ben!
    Thank you - I was thinking of giving up the blog but now I think I'll see if I can drag the poor wee thing into double figures! God bless Victor.

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  3. I rarely comment on here but I do love to catch up on here. Here's to lots and LOTS more views! :-) Love you loads my dear xxx

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    1. Thank you hon! I hoped you were still reading it! Love you loads too - you actually make me feel a lot more Belgian; but not less Irish! xxx

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  4. Please do NOT stop this Blog. There's so much bad on the Internet that we need some good writing like yours to balance things out.

    Thanx for visiting me. I've made other videos, including another "I confess", which you can see by clicking Vic's Videos on the top right of my Blog. I also write humourous stories which attract readers who hopefully read my other Christian/Catholic articles. You can read these by clicking Giggles and Fun also on top right; or by downloading my FREE books from the link at the top left.

    Thank you for your support and encouragement.

    God bless.

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    1. Why, thank you Victor! Any constructive criticism as well is most appreciated. Really glad you've enjoyed reading some of my bits and pieces.
      Your e-books sound amazing - I shall pop along again and have a little delve!
      God bless VSM!

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  5. Your photo reminds me of this song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb7nrilGYns

    I hope you like it.


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  6. Thanks for dropping by Pablo - the video doesn't show up here, but I have played it and I love that tune! That photo is from my birthday in March and it was a very cold, red nosed day in the smoke in London! I hope you'll like the post about Our Lady in particular.
    God bless!

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