A lot can happen in a blog year. 280 posts worth of stuff, to be exact. 280 days of sharing thoughts and images on a virtual page. 280 chances to make an impression - share something helpful - hone writing skills - spread joy. In a nutshell, regardless of who or what I choose to write about, those are the most important reasons why I have a blog at all.
But for today, with this final, 279th post of the calendar year, I'd like to share the top 5 reasons why I specifically love writing a mostly dog blog (beginning with the most important).
#1 - The community! Dog people (including people who don't have a dog, but enjoy reading about them) are some of the kindest, warmest, most supportive, talented and compassionate people I know. In other words, YOU are the reason I enjoy this blog so much. (Note: Please remember this when you get to #2.)
#3* - I love dogs and I've lived with them much of my life. I'm most comfortable writing about familiar things - and I am passionate about their (and cats', too) causes.
#4 - Jon Farleigh and Dewi were born to be written about and in pictures. They are hilarious. They provide endless fodder.
#5 - Dogs can't read and don't care whether they took a bad picture.
#2** - I GET TO TALK ABOUT POOP!
Yes, it's the truth. Best of all, though, YOU LIKE IT (when I talk about it - not the actual poop)!
Yes, it's the truth. Best of all, though, YOU LIKE IT (when I talk about it - not the actual poop)!
Starting with the time I wrote about Jon Farleigh NOT pooping in the rain (at MyCorgi.com), you shared how my (and JF's) unfortunate predicament made you crack many horizontal smiles. (You had not yet, as you barely knew me, shared about cracking vertical smiles.) And that made me happy!
Not pooping in the rain. Not no way. Not no how. |
Then there was the time that Jon Farleigh ate some hair and used the carpet to dislodge a dingleberry. Who knew such a sorry story would attract so much attention?!
Please look away from me and my humiliation. |
[Don't stop me now, I'm on a roll |
And then there was that one time when Dewi ate something disagreeable, and I wanted to tout the digestive health benefits of feeding mashed pumpkin to dogs. Except because of the serious nature of the subject, I decided to use the code
Eat some canned pumpkin and have a nice Hershey! |
And other than some of you developing a sudden aversion to chocolate syrup, I think this article was one of my most helpful. Pumpkin really is one of those miracle foods - whether the Hershey is flowing or hung up in the chute. :)
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Well, I don't know about you, but I feel a whole lot better now that I've gotten that out of my system!
THANK YOU for the best first blog year I could have ever imagined!
And with that, since I've got the weekend off...
May 2011 go out with aboom-boom BANG!
and
May you have a swimming (like jolly kids who've just been dropped off at the pool) New Year!
(More regular blog programming will return on Monday.)
P.S. Anyone else think it's about time that the Browns get to the Super Bowl? Maybe they should play on real grass more often.
*#3 is out of order, so...
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Well, I don't know about you, but I feel a whole lot better now that I've gotten that out of my system!
THANK YOU for the best first blog year I could have ever imagined!
And with that, since I've got the weekend off...
May 2011 go out with a
and
May you have a swimming (like jolly kids who've just been dropped off at the pool) New Year!
(More regular blog programming will return on Monday.)
P.S. Anyone else think it's about time that the Browns get to the Super Bowl? Maybe they should play on real grass more often.
*#3 is out of order, so...
**#2 got stuck on the bottom.