In case you’re wondering what the 50,000 refers to, I’ll tell you. It refers to how many views this little site of mine will have had one day. I’m slowly but surely closing in on it. It also may refer to all those typos I’ve had to go back and correct after I’ve posted my blogs.

The next milestone will probably be my 1,500th blog, which will be soon. I will most likely celebrate by waiting until the last possible moment to write i and by making it up as I write, per usual.

I’d also like to have written 1 million words. I estimate that I’m almost halfway there, if you figure 1,455 blogs each with an average of 300 words. Maybe they’ll turn them into a movie starring Greg Kinnear. Or Tom Hanks.

As many times as I’ve said it, it’s still true: I’d write these even if I was the only one who ever saw them. At times, they’ve been very therapeutic. At times, very random. Mostly, I’ve tried to keep them as authentic to my true self as possible. And I’ve tried always to use good grammar (Mrs. Wyatt would be so proud).

I’m still a big fan of grace and those who write about it well, like Brennan Manning, Henri Nouwen, and Fredrick Buechner (which incidentally is pronounced “BEEK-ner” not “BEUCH-ner”. Something else I’ve been doing wrong for decades.

I still love old movies and good music, which can still transport me to the first time I saw or heard them. And I love food, cats, dogs, naps, nature, friends and family. Not in that order, of course.

The rest of this is just filler so I can get my 300 words for the day in. Yada, yada, yada, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.