Blog Data
1. Page Views
Up to today (1st May 2014) there have been 18,450* page views for my blogs. My first blog was on 21st October 2011 and the first 10,000 page views was reached over 21 months later on 5th August 2013.
2. Audience
My largest number of readers have been in the U.S.A. with nearly 6000 page views, followed by NZ (around 3,800) and the UK (around 1,900).
The blogs have also been viewed in the following ninety-seven** other countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Papua and New Guinea, Paraguay, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia
[*20,000 at 6 July; 21,000 at 31 July, 22,000 at 31 August, 23,000 at 29th September, 24,000 at 21st October, 25,000 at 17th November, 26,000 at 12th December.]
[**Updated 13th December.]
Top Twenty Blogs to date
Here are my top twenty blogs in page view order as at 1st May 2014.
1
Rupert Brooke and Taatamata (blog 47, June 2012)
Rupert Brooke and Taatamata (blog 47, June 2012)
2
In London, In Love (blog 19, December 2011)
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| Photo by Trevor Watson, Portfolio Gallery |
3
'Incicly Pedaary', Boarding School and a Demon of Arabian Mythology (blog 48, June 2012)
'Incicly Pedaary', Boarding School and a Demon of Arabian Mythology (blog 48, June 2012)
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| Afrit |
4.
Trips to National Women's Hospital, Piha and Auckland's West Coast (blog 31, February 2012)
5
"Why Me? The History and Mystery of My Bronchiectasis (blog 21, December 2011)
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| Painting by Jacqueline Morreau |
6
Between Mark Twain and Zadie Smith; My Gap Years [2] (blog 58, May 2013)
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| Picture by Kingsley Davis, www.savekensalriselibrary.org |
7
Beneath a Cathedral of Commerce: Harrods of Knightsbridge and My Gap Years 1958-1960 (blog 60, May 2013)
8
Love, Death and Letters from My Mother's Hut (blog 30, February 2012)
9
Wall's Ice Cream: My 1958-1960 Gap Years 3 (blog 59, May 2013)
10
Of Primary School, Pets and Pauper Lunatics (blog 33, February 2012)
11
One Wedding, Two Funerals, Three Letters, Thirty Years (blog 37, March 2012)
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| Victoria Park, Hackney, Winter 1981 12 The Adventures of a Bank Note (blog 9, November 2011)  13 Holly Pandora's Big Day Out (blog 29, January 2012)  14 Sophie's Fan (blog 14, December 2011)  15 Christmas Greetings and Reflections (blog 18, December 2011) |
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| Orewa Beach |
16
Cross Cultural Sexual Personae: Eros Unbound (blog 50, June 2012)
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| "Eros", Picadilly Circus |
17
"And there the antic sits.." (blog 36, February 2012)
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| William Blake Etching |
18
Composition with The Devil's Tools (blog 10, November 2011)
19
"In the Name of God and of Profit" (blog 11, November 2011)
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| Statue of Francesco di Marco Datini, Prato, Italy. Photo by Nigel Haworth |
20
Here Comes the Can-Can (blog 38, March 2012)
10
Words of Wisdom for Creative Writers (blog 12, November 2011)
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9
Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (3) Summer 1986/87 (blog 80, December 2013)
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| Pakatoa Island in the Hauraki Gulf |
8
Mr Oliphant's Tears : A Love Story (2004) (blog 15, December 2011)
7
"Rachel's Counselling" (blog 44, May 2012)
6
The Archaeology of a Box: Introduction (blog 71, November 2013)
5
How's your brand image? Econolingua and Market Metaphors (blog 65, September 2013)
4
Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand; (2) Summer 1979/80 (blog 78, November 2013)
3
The Archaeology of a Box (2): Self-Portrait (blog 74, November 2013)
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| "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" - Nietzsche |
2
Gestures from the Heart: A Poem (blog 76, November 2013)
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The Archaeology of A Box (10): Elizabeth and the Queen at Buckingham Palace (blog 99, April 2014)
Index
My first three blogs were posted under More Conversations with Myself in October/November 2011.
1. All I Need
2. Transitions
3. Inspiration and Sources
All subsequent blogs have been posted under BreathlessinOrewa.
November 2011
4. My Other Online World
5. Mogg's Bakery and Jack Blandiver's Clock
6. Stokely Carmichael, Black Panther
7. LitCriShit
8. A Place to Stand, A Place to Sit
9. The Adventures of a Banknote.
10. Composition with the Devil's Tools
11. "In the Name of God and of Profit"
12. Words of Wisdom for Creative Writers
13. My Mum and Other Huts
December 2011
14. Sophie's Fan
15. "Mr Oliphant's Tears"
16. Mum and Dad's Golden Wedding
17. Top of the Last Stairway
18. Christmas Greetings and Reflections
19. In London, In Love
20. London Love Affair
21. "Why Me?" The History and Mystery of My Bronchiectasis.
January 2012
22. The Joys and Tears of Love and Passion (1)
23. Holiday Ghosts
24. Jesus v Lenin; the Unlicensed Tongue of a Teenage Boy
25. "Rachel's Massage"
26. This Day in 1973 (deleted)
27. Blogging: Where the Truth Lies
28. Self Portrait of a Clever Dick
29. Holly Pandora's Big Day Out
February 2012
30. Love, Death and Letters from My Mother's Hut
31. Trips to National Women's Hospital, Piha and Auckland's West Coast
32. Intrepid Journey - Summit Conquered
33. Of Primary Schools, Pets and Pauper Lunatics
34. Puzzle Pieces - What Was Postmodernism?
35. Of Pain, Piles and Prostate Surgery
36. "And There the Antic Sits". Cameron Gunn's Nightmare
March 2012
37. One Wedding, Two Funerals, Three Letters, Thirty Years
38. "Here Comes the Can-Can. Oh, Shit, the Tape's Running Out"
39. "Soup for One"
40. The Joys and Tears of Love and Passion (2)
1. Reprise: "All I Need"
April 2012
41. Transitions (2)
42. New Home (1) The Diderot Effect
May 2012
43. "We Think that the Kitten is a Lady" - My First Letters
44. "Rachel's Counselling"
June 2012
45. New Home (2) Finding Don Juan's Happiness Spots
46. On Love's Erosion
47. Rupert Brooke and Taatamata
48. 'Incicly Pedaary', Boarding School and a Demon in Arabian Mythology
49. Shedding Mr Nice
50. Cross Cultural Sexual Personae: Eros Unbound
51. The Joys and Tears of Love and Passion (3)
July 2012
52. "Letter to Rachel"
September 2012
53. Adrift on Poetry
November 2012
54. Dr. Gachet's Blue Eyes: A Non-Poem for Sharon
April 2013
55. 1958-1960: My Gap Years (1)
May 2013
56. Hibiscus Hospice
57. "Francine" - A Short Story
58. Between Mark Twain and Sadie Smith: My 1958-1960 Gap Years (2)
59. Wall's Ice Cream: My 1958-1960 Gap Years (3)
60. Beneath a Cathedral of Commerce: Harrods of Knightsbridge and My Gap Years 1958-1960 (4)
August 2013
61. Italy - from Castle Top to Hedgerow Bottom: My Gap Years 1958-1960 (5)
62. 10,000 Page Views and Jack Blandiver is still Kicking his Heels
63. Mistress Commodity and the Shop of Satan
September 2013
64. The Hanging Clown
65. How's Your Brand Image? Econolingua and Market Metaphors
66. Former Clergyman Hanged 'in the Pett... in a Transport of Rage and Fury'
October 2013
67. Memories
68. Me and My Dad
69. October 25th 1854: "Into the Valley of Death"; NZ Connection to the Charge of the Light Brigade
November 2013
70. The Blue Monkeys of Akrotiri
71. The Archaeology of a Box: Introduction
72. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (1) Summer 1973/74
73. The Archaeology of a Box; (1) Children's Drawings, Paintings and Cards
74. The Archaeology of a Box: (2) Self-Portrait
75. Brother and Sister, Worlds Apart (1): Dead Ducklings, War Canoes, Steel Works and a Leper Settlement.
76. Gestures from the Heart: A Poem
77. The Archaeology of a Box: (3) My Grandparents' Victorian Greetings Cards
78. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (2) Summer 1979/80
79. Blog Viewers in Sixty Countries
December 2013
80. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (3) Summer 1986/87
81. The Archaeology of a Box: (4) Old 45rpm Pop Songs
82. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (4) Christmas/New Year 1975/76
83. The Archaeology of a Box (5): NZ Values Party Manifesto for 1975 General Election
84. Season's Greetings: The Birth of Love
85. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (5) Christmas/New Year 1977/78
January 2014
86. The Archaeology of a Box (6): Mementoes of a Working Life
87. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (6) Christmas/New Year 1990/91
88. War Baby: a brief note on my family background
89. Musings on Ageing and Dependency (plus a little Walt Whitman)
90. The Archaeology of a Box: (7) In the Public Eye - Dancing Cossacks, Angels on Pinheads and Rogernomes
February 2014
91. The Archaeology of a Box: (8) A Valentine's Day Blog
92. Brother and Sister, Worlds Apart: (2) Tiddlywinks, Happy Families and Christmas "Down the Creeks"
93. A Wedding in Luxembourg
94. The Archaeology of a Box: (9) Napoleon Buonaparte, Joey the Clown and a Chariot for Sale - All in the Day's News
March 2014
95. Brother and Sister, Worlds Apart: (3) Vera Lynn, The Rolling Stones and Scrapping for Petrol and Water in Nigeria
96. Childhood Dream - Second Childhood Toy
97. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (7) Winter 1987
April 2014
98. Brother and Sister, Worlds Apart: (4) Brotherly Love
99. The Archaeology of a Box: (10) Elizabeth and The Queen
100. COLLECTED POEMS (Illustrated)
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| Returning from The Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui River, January 2011 |
