Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #950 - at 950 - blog thoughts

Mom and Family Tower Grandparents Lori Christmas 1975

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #950 - at 950 - blog thoughts

Hi Mom,

It's been a while since I wrote some thoughts on this blog series. Even if this is short, and even though it's two days late, I decided to take the time today, Monday 1802.12 (while task switching off work tasks) to record a few thoughts. Most importantly, I am considering ceasing publication of the Hey Mom feature of this blog with entry 1000. I say "considering" because I have not set in stone this decision. I am waffling, but I more than 50% committed. Also, I did not say that I would cease daily posting as I quite like the habit of posting, even if to share the content of others, on a daily basis. It keeps me active, it keeps me focused on something that is not work, I do share with students and work colleagues, and I try to write something original of some substance about once a week, even if I am only writing preface-type comments to a shared post of some kind.

Okay, it's a couple of days later and now this entry is five days late counting today (Wednesday) and its day (Saturday), so I am going to wrap it up with less blog recap than I had intended.

So, I am in the process of trying to decide if I feel the HEY MOM feature has run its course or I am going to continue it for much longer with no end in sight. 1000 entries feels like a good place to stop, and yet the three year mark, on July 6th, might also be an appropriate end.

One thing that gets me thinking is whether or not I stop HEY MOM posts completely. If I decide to continue to post daily, can some of the posts be written in our continuing conversation together, Mom? And if I am going to feature Hey Mom on a regular basis, then why stop it at all?

As a quick glimpse into some blog stats, my most seen blog post of all time with 1022 hits is not a Hey Mom post, it's a post on misogyny in the TV show Heroes.

Recent post, Hey Mom #803 that reprints a Buffy post from my T-shirt blog has soared to second place all time with 930 hits.

I am pleased that my THINGS THAT SUCK #2 - "Please PrePay in Advance" post, also not a HEY MOM, ranks in the top five 638 hits as I think it's one of my best posts.

Interesting, isn't it, that there's such a gap between high ranked entries. My blog does not get enough traffic from readers or bots to bunch up at the top of the scale with several entries between 1000-900 views. The top five round with even bigger drops in views to 472 for the review I did for WAD's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, aided by theatre folks promoting the blog post - HEY MOM #675. And all the way down to 249, my post on BIG O NOTATION - Hey Mom #519.

I could break down the last month and week in posts and hits, but I will save that analysis for my next blog recap, though I will mention that my share of the Erykah Badu interview leads the pack:
HEY MOM #940 - ERYKAH BADU - EMPATHY, a fact which pleases me as I wrote quite a bit of original content to preface the interview share.

Anyway, I figured 950 was a good time to reveal my thoughts on the future of the blog and my conversations with you, Mom, via HEY MOM.

I still miss you, Mom; it just doesn't hurt like it did two years ago.

Still, seemed like a good time to post some more photos, which may or may not have been posted before.

Mom and Me Birthday Party 7yrs_1969

Mom and me Cubs trip March 11 1972-Planetarium

Mom and me Hazelwood 7.5 years

Mom and our family for church photo 1974

Mom Mothers Day 1976

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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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- Days ago = 952 days ago

- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1802.10 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.