Happy, Happy 1,000

Amazingly -- to me -- this is my 1,000th post. I am delighted to be able to write this. When I first began blogging in the winter of 2009 I couldn't see beyond the first few posts, but I liked blogging and I just kept writing. As importantly people kept reading.

This is a thank you to those who kept reading. Without my blog friends I never would have kept writing, and my life would be far lonelier. Thanks for the comments, the smiles, the laughter, the shared tears. Thanks for friendship, fun and visits, in Buttercupland, New York and throughout the country.

Here's to 1,000 more posts and here's to all of you!