1. Page Views
As at 23rd March 2015 there had been 30,083 page views for my blogs. My first blog was on 21st October 2011; 10,000 page views were reached on 5th August 2013, 20,000 at 6th July 2014, and 30,000 at 21st March 2015.
2. Audience
The blogs have been viewed in the following one hundred and seven countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, 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, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Papua and New Guinea, Paraguay, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, 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, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia.
MOST READ TOP THREE BLOGS / LEAST READ BLOG 2011-2014
The top three blog readerships for each year from 2011 to 2014 are set out below together with the least read blog of that year.
2011
1
In London In Love(blog 19, December 2011; photo by Trevor Watson, Portfolio Gallery)
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2
"Why Me? The History and Mystery of My Bronchiectasis."
(blog 21, December 2011, painting by Jacqueline Morreau)
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3
Christmas Greetings and Reflections
(blog 18, December 2011)
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X (least read) Mr Oliphant's Tears: A Love Story (blog 15, December 2011) |
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2012
1
Rupert Brooke and Taatamata
(blog 47, June 2012)
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2
'Incicly Pedaary', Boarding School and a Demon of Arabian Mythology
((blog 48, June 2012)
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3
Trips to National Women's Hospital, Piha and Auckland's West Coast
(bog 31, February 2012)
X (least read)
Rachel's Counselling
Rachel's Counselling
(May 2012)
2013
1
Beneath a Cathedral of Commerce: Harrods of Knightsbridge and My Gap Years 1958-1960
(blog 60, May 2013)
2
Between Mark Twain and Zadie Smith: My 1958-1960 Gap Years (2)
(blog 58, May 2013)
3
Wall's Ice Cream: My 1958-1960 Gap Years (3)
(blog 59, May 2013)
X (least read)
Gestures from the Heart: A Poem
(blog 76, November 2013)
X (least read)
Gestures from the Heart: A Poem
(blog 76, November 2013)
2014
1
Musings on Ageing and Dependency (plus a little Walt Whitman)
(blog 89, January 2014)
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Boarding at Wells Cathedral School 1949-1958 (blog 112, September 2014) |
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3
108 Charles Dickens and the Kiwi
(blog 108, August 2014)
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X (least read)
Kim's Game (blog 120, December 2014) |
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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)
May 2014
100. BLOGS' DATA
June 2014
101. Blogging on with Joey G and Fernando Pessoa
102. Ace Spitfire Pilot crashes Boeing 737 at Whenuapai; the Archaeology of a Box (11)
103. Our Tribute to Mum: The Archaeology of a Box (12)
July 2014
104. Brother and Sister, Worlds Apart (5): Englishness Plays Abroad - Harold Pinter and John Mortimer in Lagos, Edward Lear in Auckland.
105. Mementoes of a Lost Love: The Archaeology of a Box (13)
106. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand (8), Summer 1982-83: Horse Riding in Eketahuna and a Milford Track Washout
August 2014
107. Cricket, lovely cricket...
108. Charles Dickens and the Kiwi
109. Memory, a Long and Winding Lane: The Archaeology of a Box (14)
September 2014
110. Mislaid Dreams, My Gap Year Souvenirs: The Archaeology of a Box (15)
111. Certification: The Archaeology of a Box (16)
112. Boarding at Wells Cathedral School 1949-1958: The Archaeology of a Box (17)
October 2014
113. 'Don't think about building a wall. Think about laying one brick perfectly.'
114. Vignettes of Family Life in New Zealand: (9) Hot Pools in Waiwera, Snow in Happy Valley, Winter/Spring 1974
115. Thinking about Thinking
November 2014
116. Sister's Wedding and Antelope and Dodo for Supper: Brother and Sister, Worlds Apart (6): January/March 1974
117. Chatlines
118. The Self-Conscious Eye and the Internal Critic
December 2014
119. A Wedding in Southall: The Archaeology of a Box (18)
120. Kim's Game: The Archaeology of a Box (19)
121. The Isle of Man - my 100th Country - and a 1955 family holiday
122. Antipodean Holly: Christmas Greetings from New Zealand
123. Pohutukawas in Pauanui
January 2014
124. INDEX: Blog data, audience and top three blogs, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
February 2014
125. Piggy re-elected Prime Minister, a road trip to the Niger Delta and a detour on Black Magic: Brother and Sister, World's Apart: (7) Christmas 1978
126. Photos from our Sunday in Orewa
