Second Anniversary

It was 2 years ago that I started this mess. I was convinced that I had no business writing a blog and that my typing skills would make it a chore. Besides, who would read what I have to say?

Here we are two years (and over 10,000 hits) later and I have a small but growing list of regular readers. I am convinced that some of you just look in to see what this idiot will say next while others are looking for some news. I don't do news, just opinion, but thanks for reading.

I have been rethinking just how I want to adjust the direction of my writing. I will still comment on the local development events and still advocate for the regional rail connections that we will all need in the future, but I want to do a little more in the historical aspects of the current controversies. Mrs Sweeper thinks that a book on local history could come out of this and maybe it will. She has been right in the past. I will take suggestions from you, the readers, on topics that you may be interested in.

Now, on to year 3

365 Days Later

I have been at this for a year now.

Tomorrow will begin my second year of writing this blog and I did not expect it to take the turns that it has. I wanted to write about some of the things that most people believe are trivial and insignificant about the streets and neighborhoods of Lexington. I wanted to stay away from all the controversial items in the news. I wanted to see if I could improve my typing and writing skills.

I don't think that I succeeded at any of them, although Mrs. Sweeper says that my writing style does show some improvement.

What I have done is write about some of the things that I do know about. Things that I have an opinion on and even some things that I question. Along the way I have accumulated a somewhat regular following. There are a few of you that stop in about once a week and some who come by EVERY day. Most of the regulars are from the Central Kentucky area but some are from a little farther away. I even have a regular who stops in every morning from Arizona.

There are some other web sites that have linked to me from their sites and a few who have re-posted some of my stuff or sent a number of their readers my way, for that I am grateful. There are also the odd visitors who are looking for real street sweeping information, to them I am sorry to disappoint but I hope that they took something away with them.

I have tried to allow every comment made to my posts, whether you agree with me or not, and will not censor anybody unless the get very nasty or vulgar. I will continue to blog about things that interest me and give my point of view. Where possible I will give the historical background on the topic and my experiences from growing up right here in Lexington. I hope I don't drive anybody away with my biases, but you keep coming back so I must be doing something that you like. If you have anything that you wish me to look into just drop me a line and give me a direction.

If you all will keep coming back then I will keep putting myself out there and we will just what the next year will bring.