Good Blogs, Good Source
May 26, 2009
is a good place to go to surf blogs. They’re a good place to register with, too. They keep your blog on the roll for a long time. I got a couple of hits every now and then without having to re-register every time I put up a new post. Also, they’re free.
If you want a good bunch of hits, register your blog with
but you won’t stay on their roll very long. Also, they want you to pay for a good spot on their roll, which would be okay, but I asked them about how to stop the autopay once it gets started, and they never wrote back. I got a thousand hits from them in one day, and I’d like to try them out for a month or so, but I don’t want to get stuck paying month after month with no clear way to cancel.
If you know of any other blog surfers, I’d like to hear.
Increasing Traffic on Your Blog
March 7, 2009
When I registered Out of my Ears with Alpha Inventions. my traffic shot up about a hundred times what it was. Though it has since tapered off, I’m still doing pretty well with them.
Another blog surfer that has helped my traffic is Condron Enterprises. It’s not as active as alpha, but the blog pages stay up longer, so readers get a better chance to get what they’re about.
Sunset, Mountain, Fire, Rain (Mogollon Baldy, 2005)
March 4, 2009
Cloud-filled gulleys.
A killing ground– flame
smoke, steam — so
steep the fire crews
let this one burn.
Smells like incense
from ten miles away
looks like Shangri-la,
mind-road to Buddha-land
sunset pouring straight
into those clouds
then straight back out.
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(C) 2005 by Richard Stansberger. All rights reserved. First published on Poetry Circle.
Cantigas de Cooper Street
February 25, 2009
I launch the thirteenth century
out my window against
the reggae band across the street.
They get louder.
I get louder
but it’s no war.
They just want to play,
I just want to write,
so the space above the street
swirls with steel drums and krumhorns,
Bob Marley swinging
the Blessed Virgin by the hand.
Not Bad For A New Kid
January 19, 2009
Well, Empathy didn’t make it into the top ten Ideas for Obama at change.org (It ranked 12th, last I saw), but that’s not bad for a concept people confuse with sympathy, and even when they get it straight don’t know how to actually DO it.
Speaking from experience here. You’d think this natural human facility would take less than a ten-day training to reawaken, but that’s what it took for the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) to gently vibrate cracks in my shell of well-meaning obtuseness and get me to get a little actually real.
So I think those of us who voted for Empathy In Government did a pretty good job, all things considered. At least it’s almost on the screen.
A President Who Reads
January 14, 2009
Just heard on NPR this morning that the publishing industry is following Obama around to find out what he reads to they can increase their sales.
What a concept! A president who reads!
To be fair, according to informed sources, President Bush II read 40 books last year, but I don’t know of any real readers who actually keep a count, especially since they don’t read every book all the way through. Bad books get chucked after a few pages, wordy books get skimmed, textbooks get mined for relevant parts. Heck, some books you can read the Foreword and the Afterword and get the main points.
Mr. Obama, you go, Sir! And let us know what you’re reading. It’s what I ask all my reader friends.
