Apr 06 2009
First Year of Blogging
I can’t believe it’s already been one full year of blogging for me. The experience has been beyond my expectations. According to the Clustrmap I put on shortly after starting this blog,17,381 visitors from around the world have dropped by. This is about 17,000 more than I expected might come by in my first year… THANK YOU!
One of the more interesting things to happen to me recently that relates to this blog is receiving an invitation to Hutchinson, KS on April 15. The community seems to be rather forward thinking, inviting bloggers to experience the sights & sounds of the town to help get the word out. Highlights include the Kansas Cosmosphere, food, a trip to the Amish town of Yoder, and the Kansas Underground Salt Museum. I suspect my blog surfaced on the list of potential interested bloggers because I have written about science and Kansas attractions dealing with science. It has been a while since I’ve been to the Cosmosphere (I saw the Apollo 13 space capsule there last time) and I’ve never been to Yoder or the Underground Salt Museum.
Anyway, I have come a long way from my initial views of blogging. I have learned it isn’t all about me; it is about the conversation I can have with other teachers from around the world, sharing thoughts & ideas.
The blog has given me a nice repository of my own thinking over the past year. Many times I have referred back to it to recall what I was thinking about on a given topic. Even if no one else gains anything from my keeping this blog, I help myself in that regard.
Anyway, I want to thank everyone who has supported and encouraged me over the past year. This has been an amazing experience and I look forward to continued learning & sharing with all of you.
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Congratulations Bill on your first year of blogging. Well done! Kansas has an underground salt mine? Would love to see photos if you ever visit it.
Sue,
I can’t wait to see the salt museum. I used to think that the coolest thing down there is the Hollywood archives. Masters from The Wizard of Oz (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), and Star Wars, (1977) are stored there.
Now that I’ve read more, I think the coolest thing there is the 250 million year old bacteria, the worlds oldest living thing yet discovered.
I also can’t wait to see what is new at the Kansas Cosmosphere.
It’s all very exciting, and I am still amazed at what this blogging world has opened up to me.
Congratulations on completing a year!! You also did an amazing job attracting so many people to you blog. Good job. I think there should be a rather nice bottle of champagne in your future!