Four years of blogging

Our blog turns four today! As Mike pointed out when the blog was only one year old, our longevity has greatly exceeded the brief lifespan of most new blogs. Readership keeps growing, in fits and starts, and I remain amazed at the number of visitors the site receives each day. We truly thank you, our readers, for your ongoing interest.

Rather than repeating the story of how this blog began, and why I continue to blog, I’ll refer you to my post from the blog’s second birthday. I’ll repeat only one point: this blog has become such a valuable “online catalogue” for me, and the process of blogging has become such a useful way for me to organize my thoughts, that I think I’d continue to blog even if no one else was reading...