You can follow Peg-O-Leg’s Ramblings, or you can turn the page.
Peg, one of my very favorite blogger buddies, hit 15,000 followers. And then she lost a couple.
We bloggers need to take care of each other.
RUN– do not walk — to Peg’s site and click “follow.” Because, really, what else do you have to do but read the very best blog on Word Press?
Me, looking grateful.
It has been 5 years almost to the day since I started a blog. Given how ephemeral these electronic flashes of word and image can be, that makes me an elder statesman. Practically a blogging Methuselah.
My first post was about dropping my youngest daughter off at college. I hadn’t figured out how to upload pictures yet and it was rather wordy. My daughter, my sister-in-law and an anonymous stranger were the only humans to read my efforts.
A couple of months later, bolstered by the fact that I was now a genuine writer, courtesy of having this blog, I got up the courage to approach the local paper about doing a little ditty in one of their occasional magazines. They took the bait. I had to pay them in the form of advertising, but still – I was published!
A couple of months after that I…
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FiftyFourandAHalf 
You’re a good friend, Elyse.
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Thanks, Barb.
Peg really is a great, funny blogger. She deserves to have a zillion followers — she’s that good.
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Love Peg-o, she’s def one of my faves! Off to read the full post now…
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Me too. I would love to be as seemlessly funny as she is!
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Looks like it worked, Elyse. She’s at 15,000 again!
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I just went over and it said me and 14,999 others. I guess that counts. Word Press sure does like to mess with us.
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Elyse, you sweetie! Thanks for the shout-out from one of my oldest blogging friends.
I think WordPress is messing with my head – putting the count up to 15,000 then walking it back like a carrot on a stick in front of an ass. Er, I mean donkey.
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How about mule — I once had to lobby to make 1986 the “Oil Heat Centennial” — the hardest job I ever had. My only comfort was that I wasn’t the one stuck lobbying for “Mule Appreciation Day.” I’ve had an affinity for mules ever since!
And consider it a late apology for the honor of including me in both the Reeses’ project AND — the ultimate honor — being Freshly Pegged.
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I meant a thank you. Jeez Who needs WP to mess with MY head? It’s messed up all by its own self.
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Nice. Thanks Elyse.
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Just read her post. I agree, she’s aces! 🙂
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