Milestone
- May 8
- 5 min read
To my readers....
I've hit a couple of milestones - it was one year ago on Tuesday that I decided to retire. I wasn't sure if I was ready, but because of changes with the merger at my work as well as completing a communications conversion project, it seemed fitting.
There have been fits and starts since that time, but I've managed to find a bit of a groove where I don't feel the need to fill my entire day with activities. I've been able to stay in touch with friends from work, rekindled relationships I didn't have time for previously, and picked up a couple of new hobbies along the way.
That brings me to my second milestone. Roberts Reader has surpassed 100 posts since we started back in October last year. Some people tell me that they're trying to "catch up" on posts and read when they have time. That's awesome to me. If I've set up the website correctly, you should be able to scroll back and see any of the posts in order. Most of them are standalone, so you don't have to read in a particular order or at all if the subject doesn't interest you.
I use WIX software which give me a lot of reports showing how many people check out a post, what time of day they normally look, as well as comments. Here's the list of posts in historical order:
Post title | Publish date |
Wisdom Unfolded: Lessons I Would Share with My 20 Year Old Self | 10/7/2025 |
Is The Digital Workplace Increasing Or Quashing Serendipity? | 10/7/2025 |
Local Venues - Upcoming Shows | 10/9/2025 |
Aria's Adventures and Photos | 10/13/2025 |
Great quotes! | 10/13/2025 |
Reviews | 10/13/2025 |
Straight Outta My Mind | 10/17/2025 |
6 Core Exercises That Flatten Lower Belly in 30 Days After 50Train the deep core muscles that pull your waist in and sculpt a flatter belly in 30 days. | 10/17/2025 |
Travel Pictures | 10/18/2025 |
When Boring is Not Boring... | 10/18/2025 |
The Best AI in October 2025 | 10/19/2025 |
What Top Heart Docs Do to Stay Healthy | 10/20/2025 |
Time On Our Side? | 10/22/2025 |
Never Too Old for Rock and Roll | 10/24/2025 |
Ride or Die - My transition from Biker to Rider... | 10/28/2025 |
Ride or Die - Part Two | 10/31/2025 |
Righteous Indignation? | 11/3/2025 |
People Skills | 11/3/2025 |
StretchLab | 11/4/2025 |
What's Under the Water? | 11/4/2025 |
How People Spent their time Changed from 1930 until today: | 11/8/2025 |
Veteran's Day 11-11-2025 | 11/10/2025 |
Learning to Sail | 11/10/2025 |
The Jeep Mystique and What's With those Ducks?? | 11/11/2025 |
Remembering My Father | 11/16/2025 |
Joe Russo's Almost Dead Band Review | 11/16/2025 |
Thanksgiving Traditions | 11/18/2025 |
Good to Know...Get Healthy Be Healthy | 11/20/2025 |
Breaking Rust - The Band that Doesn't Exist | 11/21/2025 |
The Farm - Part One | 11/22/2025 |
The Farm - Part Two | 11/23/2025 |
The Farm - Part Three | 11/27/2025 |
Haymakers for Hope | 11/27/2025 |
The Farm - Part Four | 11/29/2025 |
Hacked! | 12/2/2025 |
The Farm - Part Five | 12/3/2025 |
Continuing Education | 12/3/2025 |
Unusual & Cool Free Websites to Check Out | 12/7/2025 |
Words of Wisdom | 12/7/2025 |
...Tis the Season for Giving | 12/11/2025 |
Lehigh Valley Holiday Event Guide 2025 | 12/11/2025 |
Uncommon Words for Everyday Things | 12/15/2025 |
Caleb's Playground | 12/19/2025 |
Ethics - A study in Morality | 12/19/2025 |
Powerball! | 12/19/2025 |
The Farm - Part Six | 12/23/2025 |
It's True! | 12/27/2025 |
Speedy Delivery | 12/27/2025 |
2025 - What a Year! | 12/31/2025 |
The Farm - Part Seven | 1/5/2026 |
The Farm - Part Eight | 1/10/2026 |
Songwriting | 1/15/2026 |
It's True! (Part Two) | 1/18/2026 |
The Farm - Part Nine | 1/18/2026 |
Near Death Experience (NDE) | 1/19/2026 |
The Farm - Part Ten | 1/25/2026 |
It's True! (Part Three) | 1/25/2026 |
HUMANITY | 1/26/2026 |
Winter Doldrums | 1/29/2026 |
Your NFL Football Primer | 1/31/2026 |
The Farm - Conclusion | 2/1/2026 |
Punxsutawney Phil | 2/2/2026 |
Super Bowl LX - Come for the Game - Stay for the Commercials! | 2/5/2026 |
TRAFFIC! | 2/8/2026 |
Beautifica 360 - A Review | 2/12/2026 |
Planetary Health Diet | 2/14/2026 |
Bob's Big Bad List of Live Entertainment in the Lehigh Valley | 2/15/2026 |
Fasnacht Day | 2/17/2026 |
Ghost Story | 2/19/2026 |
Friendship | 2/22/2026 |
Profile of an Artist | 2/26/2026 |
What to Believe | 2/28/2026 |
It's True! (Part Four) | 3/1/2026 |
In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) | 3/6/2026 |
Spring Ahead! | 3/6/2026 |
Dad Jokes | 3/7/2026 |
Sugar Mountain - Neil Young Tribute | 3/7/2026 |
Modern Warfare - An Aviation Nightmare | 3/12/2026 |
DRONES!!! | 3/14/2026 |
Happy Pie (Pi) Day! | 3/14/2026 |
Saint Patrick's Day | 3/16/2026 |
It's True! (Part Five) | 3/18/2026 |
Match Day! | 3/21/2026 |
Taylor Sheridan's The Madison | 3/22/2026 |
Chuck Norris Remembered | 3/22/2026 |
The Soul of an Octopus | 3/27/2026 |
Rock-Ola | 3/30/2026 |
The Outlaws | 3/30/2026 |
Artemis II | 4/3/2026 |
Happy Easter! | 4/5/2026 |
It's True! (Part Six) | 4/6/2026 |
Streaming Services | 4/6/2026 |
Man in the Mirror | 4/10/2026 |
Artemis II Success | 4/12/2026 |
NIMBY - You're Not Putting a Data Center in My Back Yard! | 4/12/2026 |
Music Cover Party! | 4/15/2026 |
It's True! (Part Seven) | 4/18/2026 |
Music Cover Party (Part 2) | 4/18/2026 |
Why Johnny Can't Think Anymore | 4/19/2026 |
Music Cover Party! (Part 3) | 4/23/2026 |
NFL Draft 2026 | 4/23/2026 |
Adventures in Urban America | 4/29/2026 |
It's True! (Part Eight) | 4/30/2026 |
Music Cover Party! (Part 4) | 5/1/2026 |
A Tale of Two Underground Papers | 5/3/2026 |
They Said What??? | 5/6/2026 |
The software also tells me which posts are the most popular. People seem to have enjoyed the human-interest stories like the Farm, Match Day, A Tale of Two Underground Papers, Near Death Experience, Caleb's Playground, Humanity as well as some of the trivia and music posts. Less interesting are the health and tech ones but they scratch a personal itch for me, so you'll see them from time to time.
A special thanks to a few people who have encouraged me with this blog site...
My wife, Celeste - she's my proofreader who keeps me from publishing run-on sentences and ensures my spelling is on target. I'm the King of sentences that have "and" and "and" and "and" in them. A good smack on the side of the head during editing. She also has taught me to space out my posts to save you from playing catch up.
My daughter Aria and my good friend Joseph who helped set up and tweak this site.
My brother Tag and neighbor John, who I can almost always count on to leave a comment on a post.
So many friends who either email or text me to comment on posts and to suggest ideas for other posts. So far, I hope the subject matter is varied enough to keep you interested. The world is such an interesting place for me that I don't see myself running out of things to write about any time soon.
Please continue to provide feedback on posts and story ideas - I know most of you don't like to comment publicly, so text or email me with your thoughts if you'd like.
Be good to one another.
When my brother told me he was going to start a blog, I had no idea he would be this prolific and the quality of the posts have really helped my everyday life. I have recently started listening to different music due to these posts. I look forward to the next posts, with the exception of the NFL stories, haha!
100 posts!!! That's incredible! On top of that, they're really good reading!
As for retirement, it takes a good year to tone down and find a new niche. That niche needs to be fun, enjoyable and most of all, LEGAL! I personally need to keep active 'cause moving targets are harder to hit.
I liked this post Bob.
Can’t believe it’s been a year!
I am right behind you!