Fan mail

When I first began this blog three months ago, I wondered whether anyone would really care what a house cat had to say. But thanks to a handy little counter embedded here, I get to see how many people — or who knows, maybe even other cats — are viewing. As of this morning, my blog had received 1,236 views from 284 different visitors.

Now I’m not able to see exactly who is viewing the blog — that would border on Orwellian creepy! — but sometimes I get personal comments posted here, or Those Two pass along compliments they’ve received from their friends and co-workers. One such compliment arrived in the form of a text the other day from their friend Babs, who comments here frequently under the alias of Barbara.

Babs wrote that I join her every morning for breakfast, at least in spirit, via the official Oxbow’s World mug she received as part of Mama G’s merchandising campaign to help make me famous. She sent this photo. Babs has said before that she looks forward to reading each new post of mine, and that they’re even sometimes the highlight of her day.

The above-mentioned viewing statistics, while not too shabby, show that I’m a long way from becoming famous, but knowing that people such as Babs look forward to reading me will keep me going.

Writing is such a soul-baring exercise. We writers make ourselves very vulnerable sometimes, with the personal stories we share, and it is nice to know that our words are having on impact on people’s lives, even if it is just to make someone laugh or smile while eating breakfast.