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Two whole years

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Two years ago I was sitting in my living room with my laptop and I logged onto Blogspot. There I typed in the information to put Mostly Cajun on line in the blogging world.

After the requisite “Hello, world” first post, my second post was a recipe for chili. The rest, as we say, is history. 1600+ posts later, I find myself still compelled to sit at the keyboard several times a week and talk about the things that make impressions upon my world.

Somewhere about eight months into the journey I got tired of fighting with Blogspot and bought my own space on a real server. I chose WordPress to be the new platform, and I’ve been happy with it, although it is sometimes a bit more work, kind of stick-shift to Blogger’s failing two-speed automatic…

Visitors increased, and right now I see around a bit over two hundred or so visitors a day. Many of you have been here for almost the whole time, and I see friends when I see the comments and trackbacks. You know who YOU are. I read your stuff, too, you that have your own blogs.

Two years into this thing, the recliner where I used to blog has been forcibly swapped for the top of the Rubbermaid tub that the accessories for my FEMA trailer came in. I have blogged on the road from training in Virginia, and I blogged from a wireless hub at a coffee bar in Houston, and I’ve blogged for weeks from my temporary accomodations in my office following Hurricane Rita.

I’ve talked about everything from Cajun culture to Viet Nam era basic training, from the tender sweetness of the male-female relationship to the trials and tribulations of a tank commander, from sailboats to shotguns. I’ve taken you guys with me sailing through the Gulf of Mexico, and I’ve sat and talked about the wonderful old folks who molded my life. We’ve discussed politics and the foibles of the human creature.

It’s been fun. It’s been two years. And, LORD willing, there will be more.

And to you guys who stop by, well, thank you. I hope that I put a smile on your face and a thought in your head from time to time.

Mostly Cajun

18 thoughts on “Two whole years”

  1. I have enjoyed the whole time, you are a daily read, and a good one. Durned good thing we agree on most things!! heh heh

    keep it up, will be here checking you out! thanks .. Bob

  2. Been here from the beginning and have enjoyed the ride. I don’t usually comment on any Blog but rest assured yours is a must read for me and mine. All my best in the new year and may you find good fortune in it.

  4. I too have been here since pretty close to the beginning. One of the first sites I check every morning. Keep it up!

  5. Looks to me like you have done good. I apprecaite your hunor and the news that you gave us during the hurricanes that we couldn’t get from anyone else.

    I’ll be six months on my site come tomorrow and am averaging a little over 235 a day and will hit the 36,000 mark tonight or early morning it looks like. I enjoy it although sometimes I had rather just read what other people have written than write on my place. Then I just tell a joke I have heard.

  6. Love your site, I wish I could help down there. Now, how in the heck can I get Morning Glory 2? I’ve tried all sorts of combination…..

    Carl Leslie
    Hagerstown,MD

  12. You’ve had a hectic two years with all the hurricanes and such. Glad you made it this far and will continue to be an active blogger. I love reading your stuff.

  13. It’s been fun riding with you and I hope that the trail will be a little longer.

    Hey, gonna take the kids sailing this summer?

    73

  14. I’m relatively new and enjoy the hell out of your blog! Congratulations on your anniversary.

  15. It’s just a good read. Also, if not for your blog and a few others from SW LA I never would have really known what Rita did.

  17. My dear frien.. Congratulations on markin your time amongst the informers of this world.. You have been valueable beyond belief to me.. You have connected me with another dear friens(who is now passed) brother, who I would not have found without you.. I’m forever grateful for that.. My deceased frien and his brother just happen to be from your fair city too..
    I started joinin you on your adventures not long before you took your voyage down the channel to the Gulf and back.. It wadnt perfect, but it was better than givin the cats a bath !! Know whut I mean Vern ??
    Hang in there buddy.. I know my day would be a lot less enjoyable without you on my monitor.. All the best..
    Wild Bill the Redneck sed dat !!

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