This is my one thousandth post!

     When I started blogging in 2007 I had no idea what an important part of my life it would become. Some folk keep diaries, others journals. But my blog is nothing more than a place to record whatever is going through my mind at any particular  moment be it a story, a poem, a memory or a random thought. Some posts attract no hits at all, and the majority struggle to reach double figures. Yet others get masses of readers. For instance chapter 19 of my autobiographical series A Chequered Career has so far netted 1,890 visits whilst My FriendRosey who has a large following regularly attracts over 1000 readers to each episode. I little thing I wrote about Facebook called Our Friends are Revolting has bizarrely scored 3874 hits to date and it’s still rising!

     But that’s not what drives me to continue. For me it’s personal, and if anyone else gets pleasure from it, then that’s a bonus for me. So continue I shall. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Your support over the years has been greatly appreciated.

One year on....

I can’t believe how quickly the last year has gone. Have you noticed that the older you become, the faster time goes by. One theory is that each year you live is a lesser percentage of your life. When you were a four year old, a year was 25% of your entire life. To a centurion, a year is a mere 1%!

Exactly one year ago I decided to start a blog. To this day I cannot put my finger on what led me to start - to me bloggers, and anyone who listed computers as a hobby, were anoraks, nerds! Yet that decision changed my life. My entire lifestyle changed. And when 6 months later an advert for Helium popped up on my blog, my obsession with writing went to a new level!

I suppose I was steered toward writing by my family. I decided that instead of sending postcards when I was away on my holidays, I’d keep a diary. Once home I would type them out and distribute them. They went down well, and it was suggested I use them as part of an autobiography.

So, like bloggers the world over, I now think in prose! Every situation I find myself in is turned into an essay in my mind! I often drift away into my own world of words , sentences and paragraphs. I’ve become a nerd!

My first blogs were pretty poor. All my efforts during the first couple of months have long since been deleted. But one year on, I am still tapping away on my keyboard at every opportunity. My sleeping hours get shorter, and my comfortable couch hardly gets sat on!

So what will the next year bring? Will I still be blogging in September 2008? Who knows!