… Julie, for her generous contribution made with the monthly subscription feature. Thank you very much.
UPDATE for readers in Canada: My Amazon affiliate account in Canada has been discontinued, so I will not get commissions for purchases made with amazon.ca. I am attempting to have the account restored, and will let you know if I am successful. This does not affect American readers who shop at amazon.com. My thanks to readers in Canada for their interest.
Shout-outs tonight go to Laura, Michael and Mandi. Thank you.
I’m really enjoying the joke- and pun-filled comment threads that are springing up here, like this one. Just like it was at the old ranch, no post is truly complete until the readers have mined every last laugh out of it.
Shout-out tonight to April for her kind contribution, thank you. Also, to anyone I thanked last month for setting up a monthly subscription payment (you know who you are), thank you again.
There’s an unfortunate tendency among my more prominent countrymen to “double down” after an error: with a bluff or a distraction, anything to avoid admitting they were wrong. This wins the skirmish but loses the war, and in the process brings out the worst in ourselves.
We are on a crowded bus, jockeying our feet so they don’t step on anyone else’s, yet dreadfully aware that sometimes they will. These are the moments when we reveal ourselves. Excellence isn’t a matter of getting everything right, it’s a reflection of how well you conduct yourself when things go wrong.
Shout-out to Judith for her kind contribution. Thank you.
This blog has just passed its first full month. Faye asked if I could share some stats to show how far along we’ve come.
Top ten countries: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Poland, and Denmark. The USA and Canada make up 89 percent of the total audience.
Users: 3,509. Returning visitors: 81.45%. Page views: 53,649. Pages viewed per session: 2.83. Average session length: 3:27.
Devices: Desktop PCs/Laptops: 64.97%; Mobile: 19.66%; Tablet: 15.37%.
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