Long time been a’bloggin’ here. It all started on a scalding hot June day many … blah, blah, blabbity, blah. (Ironically, today is the hottest day of 2025 so far…) And this year is one when some of the often pondered changes did, in fact, come along. This place is a dot-ME and, once again, a dot-COM. Yay. And there’s now the real and working Author Page. (Quality and presentation will, as always, improve tomorrow…)

The stats: 13 years, 6,500+ ramblings, 40 bazillion words (some nearly coherent), 4 visitors, 3 views, 1 possum, and 19 green space chickens. Yee haw.

Remember this guy? If I recall correctly, this one even predates the blog by a few years and gray hairs:

Even this picture has a little age on it now:

Not long ago, reading glasses (1.25x) entered the fuzzy picture:

I started this project in my thirties and now I trudge on deeper into my second half century. (I mean, look at those photos…)

In some ways, 2012 was just yesterday. In others, it was a long time ago. I now offer over 6,500 posts here: some good, some better, some, uh, not so better. Thanks for coming for all these years. And before switching permanently to books (primarily novels), I think there’s still a little gas left in the Old Blog’s tank. Think of the near future as a transition period. I’ve already been scaling back somewhat. That will continue. I’ve added a News Links page to make up for my house reductions, renditions, and other “r” words.

Going to add to these:

Day-to-day postings will become less frequent, as will my columns, essays, and book reviews. Those latter articles will continue here and via my international semi-syndicated network. I fancifully aim for about one per month, but we shall see. Further ahead, look for more short stories, occasional longer essays on important topics of interest to me, and far deeper concentration on novels. I also have a few non-fiction book ideas to get around to. The time has come.

Happy 13th Anniversary, all.

Perrin