Celebrating One Year of Live Wonderstruck

WOW OH WOW! Live Wonderstruck is celebrating its one year anniversary today. Blogiversary? Hmm, I think so, yes. It is a one year blogiversary.

One year since I launched this site with a little post called Bring on the Wonder.

What has been my favorite part?

It's hard to say. There are so many things I love- the space to write, the friendly commenters, all of you who take time to read my words.

One of my favorite things has definitely been the involvement of others. This is the first blog where I have posted interviews. So many wonderful people have stepped up. It's been amazing to see how differently each of them answer the same five questions.

interviewees-collage

Thank you to all of my wonderstruck interviewees!

What has been your favorite part?

According to the analytics, my highest viewed posts for the past year are:

I can't help but notice that food took up three of the top four spots. Noted. I like food. I can talk about food.

The posts you talked about the most (by way of comments, that is) were often interviews including Rhonda Hopkins, Judythe Hopkins, and Liv Rancourt. Then again you also commented a lot on When You Don’t Have Anything to Do on a Friday Night So You Buy Ducks. Understandable.

Food, interviews, ducks. Got it. I'm on it.

I rise to the challenge of bringing on more wonder. Which brings me to another point: I'm looking for many more interviewees so if you have a suggestion, send me a note on the contact page. And if you are the one who would like to jump in, check out the interviews page for details.

In the meantime, I'll keep plugging away in usual (and maybe unusual) wonderstruck fashion.

Thank you, thank you for being part of this journey.

 

Comments

  1. Suzanne StenglMay 7, 2013 at 8:14 AM

    Happy Blogiversary Sherri! More ducks!

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  2. Alina WeldonMay 7, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    Happy Anniversary! Thank you for bringing wonders, food, and ducks into my life!

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  3. Rhonda HopkinsMay 7, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    Happy Anniversary! Thanks for all the inspiring posts! And thank you for the mention. Here's to another great year!

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  4. RabiaMay 7, 2013 at 10:36 AM

    Congratulations on your blogoversary!

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  5. Ellen GregoryMay 8, 2013 at 3:18 AM

    Happy blogiversary -- very exciting!
    Thanks for having me as one of your interviewees, I had a great time.

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  6. Tami ClaytonMay 8, 2013 at 10:02 PM

    I love the photo collage you created. So cool. Congrats to you on your blogiversary!

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