The 5000 Hits of Bartholomew Cubbins

Los Angeles, California

My favorite Dr. Suess book is The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. SpoilerAlert: In this book, a young lad attempts to doff his hat when the king is passing, but discovers that there is another hat under it...and another under the next, and so on. The hats are increasingly ornate including the 499th hat which he removes before the executioner, after he is sentenced to death for dissing the king by not removing his hat in the king's presence. Great fun, eh?

The above picture of my friend, Christopher, was taken on Christmas night in Carmel. We had attempted to make balloon animals, and actually, Christopher and Carole quite capably made balloon dogs, as I recall. Dachshunds. But most of us just had fun twisting the balloons into odd shapes and, ultimately, party hats. And what does this have to do with the subject of this post, which is about reaching five thousand hits on my blog? Absolutely nothing. But it's a great photo.

And so. And so my blog has hit the high water mark of 5000 hits. And this is what I have learned: Writing a blog requires some perseverance. You don't always feel like writing. You start off with some ideas in mind, like my idea to include recipes in, as I recall, every other post (really? Really?!) or to try to make the posts humorous (nice try--some of the posts have been downright dismally depressing, I'm afraid). Truth is that no matter what you think you're going to make, something else will come out. And in blogdom, that, as my friend Lydia often says, is ok.

I recently noticed that a couple of the blogs I've read in the past have been abandoned. The other whatwouldsandrado blog (whatwouldsandrado.com) is one of those. Sad, that, for I enjoyed her writing. But I get it. I don't always come to my Macbook raring to write. And that shows in the posts, I know. But I do like to surprise myself--sometimes even in a good way. Writing is like other forms of alchemy. You start with a blank page or a blank canvas or a space on the dance floor, and, for better or for worse, you create. This is my 105th blog post since I started my blog back in early 2010. I doubt that three years is a long span in the life of a blog. But I cannot think, at this time, that I will stop writing it. And, I am sorry if that is bad news to you, for...

I might leave by the door
After writing some more.
But I will be back,
To write on my Mac.

For this is my blog.
Where I write in my fog,
or I write in my sleep,
When it's cold or there's heat.


I won't write in a day,
But I won't go away.
While you might find it poor,
It just will not be o'er...

...at least not for awhile! Thank you for reading my blog.