Carolyn and I were married 15 years ago, in May 1992. Wow. I’m more in love with her today than ever. I truly married and still enjoy the companionship of my best friend. Our home is one of playfulness, laughter and endless surprise. We’re deeply imperfect, blessed people.
The first few months of our marriage [...]
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In the past week there has been an upsurge in traffic on Notes from the Trail. Lots of new folks getting their feet dusty with us on this journey. I attribute much of this to the immediate and encouraging success of MonticelloLive. Did you know that last Friday it had just shy of 200 visits and more than 1300 page views? That’s pretty huge for a new website in a rural community! Thanks for your help in making that possible. I particularly want to thank Paul Griffin at Shelter Insurance. An email he sent to some friends got forwarded… and forwarded… until it made its way to the emails of teachers in the Monticello school district and at UAM. Many of the hits came from there, I believe.

For those of you just stopping in for the first time, let me encourage you to comment. It’s what makes blogs fun, participatory, and ongoing. It encourages the author, and it encourages others to participate as well. Often, what you have to say is much more important than what a blog author does!
By the way, for added exposure and traffic, if you’ve got the time, swing by and submit Notes.
Finally, for those of you following the minivan saga, I think it’s sold! Yahoo!
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September 26th, 2006 at 1:24 am
Hey Jeff – the Monticello link isn’t working
September 26th, 2006 at 9:02 am
Thanks, Andy. Got it fixed.
September 26th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
I was hoping to get the word out to so I forwarded it to MES…Congratulations on the traffic-I try to comment on everything but feel strange doing so alone,ya know?Again congratulations!