500th Post — a Blogging Gratitude
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I just noticed that I have 499 posts. It seems like the 500th post should be significant in some way. Since next week is Thanksgiving, how about a list of things I’m grateful for?
Home Sweet Home. I love the way my blog makes me feel like I have a home on the web. My blog is a place I’ve decorated and made my own, then invited others in for a visit.
My Guests. Thank you to everyone who has visited. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my blog by email or added my feed to your feed reader. A special heart-felt thanks to everyone who has taken a moment to write a comment or share a post on Twitter or Facebook — those interactions make my day!
By sport and feasting Americans will prove they are a thankful people this week. November 20, 1904. The Library of Congress on Flickr Commons
My Neighborhoods. From the home base of my blog, it’s natural to visit other blogs. I love the communities of blogs that welcome my visits — book bloggers, librarians, diet and fitness enthusiasts, writers, and (my newest neighborhood) midlife women.
Block Parties. Thanks to everyone who hosts or participates in a special event or a weekly gathering to bring together the members of these communities. Here are some parties I’ve enjoyed recently:
- Bloggiesta hosted by Suey at It’s All About Books and Danielle at There’s a Book — the next party is scheduled for March 29th – 31st, 2013
- Dewey’s Read-a-Thon — the next 24 hour read-a-thon will be in April 2013
- October Memoir and Backstory Blog Challenge — the first annual event will return next October
- Pin It and Do It Challenge — hosted by Trish at Love, Laughter, and a Touch of Insanity. A special holiday version of the challenge starts today!
- GenFab Blog Hop — watch for the next hop for midlife women bloggers in early December
- #WSChat Twitter chat — chat for writers on Tuesdays at 6 and 9 ET
- #fitblog Twitter chat — chat for fitness bloggers on Tuesdays at 9 ET
- It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? — the weekly book fest at Book Journey
- Tuesday Archive Link-Up — TALU is a blog hop featuring posts that sunk too quickly into the archives
- Readers’ Workouts — a Tuesday link fest for bookish folks doing active things
- Wondrous Words Wednesday — learning new words from links gathered at Bermudaonion’s Weblog.
- Weekend Cooking — a weekly gathering of food posts hosted by Beth Fish Reads
- Saturday Snapshot — photos and their stories hosted by At Home with Books.
If you’re a blogger, what makes you grateful? If you’re not a blogger, do blogs give you something to be grateful for?
Congrats on 500 posts! That’s a whole lotta blogging!
I am grateful for the blog community (especially the book blog community) as a whole. I have made connections with some great people, and the bonus is that they all LOVE to talk about books!
Happy 500th post! I’m actually at 499 myself and can’t figure out what I want to do for 500!
I’ll be watching for it!
You know how I feel about Jane Ann’s Memoir Challenge and all of the other wonderful Wordsmith Studio happenings. So glad you feel the same, Joy.
Congrats on the big 500! Amazing
I love this post, especially how you describe your blog as your home on the web.
Congratulations on your milestone post! I am grateful for the people I am meeting through blogging, hopping and building a platform.
Hi Joy! You left a comment on my blog weeks ago and it ended up in my spam folder, so I only just found it.
It’s nice to meet you, and I look forward to popping back here to see what you’re up to.
No worries. I need to go through my spam folder. 3700 spam messages is a bit daunting, though, and it’s only been a week and a half since I cleared it.
So glad I found your site and thank you for always generously sharing your life, insight and information. Congratulations and I look forward to reading the next 500!
Gosh, the spam is really awful, isn’t it? Maybe I need to google “preventing spam on WordPress” and see what is out there.