Hey, Where'd Ya Go?

Ever look at your follower list
and see one less follower than you had the night before?

I was talking about this with my buddy Angélique of Six in One Hand
the other day.
You ask yourself, "Was it something I did? Something I said? Something I didn't say?
Egads, did they meet with an unfortunate accident???"

All of this is said tongue-in-cheek. 
I don't do a running count of my numbers and stats on a regular basis,
'cause that's not what it's all about for me.

But do I want to get my name and my brand out there?

Sure! It's no secret that my two great loves
are being incorporated in this blog, writing and junking.

And to eventually land a gig which allows me
to do both would be the realization of a dream.

And it's a simple mathematical fact that the more readers your blog has,
the greater your chances of making some of those dreams come true.

But the human element always has to be placed front and center
as far as I'm concerned.

Which means that if you were kind enough to leave me a comment,
I'm going to take the time to get back to you and leave you one, too....
take a bit of time to peruse your blog and leave a personalized comment,
something other than an impersonal "Great blog, come visit me again!"
which to me, is worse than leaving no comment at all.
I've seen that done, and it always sort of grates.

Granted it might take me a day or two to get around
to visiting everyone who visits me, but I feel very strongly that I owe you at least that much.
Not only that, I want to get you know you all!

So to all my friends and those who follow my blog, I thank you profusely!

It's a joy to read and be a follower of so many of you, too!

And speaking of friends, I had the thrill of 

getting to chat with the incredible Debra of

Common Ground

yesterday afternoon! She is exactly as you'd imagine, just a real joy to talk to.

Heck, I even finagled an invitation up to Missouri 

to spend time at the Common Ground Homestead!

Wishing you all a blessed and joyful junkin' week ahead!