WordPress sent me an email listing the annual statistics of this blog. There were an incredible 45,288 visits in the course of 2023! At first I thought it had to be a mistake but after I reviewed a few of the previous months’ statistics I am satisfied that it is accurate.
Many of those visits are to the work I did in the early years; to articles about individual manufacturers or about methods of repair and restoration.
I wrote only 30 articles in 2023, pretty poor by any standard. I intend to do better in 2024. My only excuse is that I am enjoying my well-earned retirement. Many of my recent articles have been discursive; about writing styles and the use of the dip pen.
With regard to the latter though the dip pen isn’t a fountain pen it is an honourable predecessor. The immense variety of nibs makes it fascinating. Though some of those nibs are available in fountain pen form, others are not.
Getting back to fountain pens, as I plan to do, I will be on the look-out for the rare and unusual and any subjects I haven’t already covered. The almost incredible statistics are so inspirational and I will build on that next year.
May 2024 be a kind year to all of you.
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Deb. This must be very gratifying.. I’m glad to have played a very minor part in these stats. I often jump on and spend no small amount of time reading page after page of the entries …and definitely attribute much of my knowledge to articles you’ve written …
Lots of my quite large collection has been sourced from research and information gleaned from your writings, so many many thanks.
I look forward to your posts .
Hoping your next year is everything you want it to be.
Hi Rob, You played more than a minor part with you frequent and useful comment and the excellent pens you showed me. I’m glad you still enjoy the blog.
Bravo, Deb. Looking forward to more articles
I’ll do my best, Bob.
Wishing you and yours a happy and prosperous 2024, and looking forward to more of your posts. All the best from Decimus and The Old Bloke.
A happy new year to you too and to your four-legged friends.