Twenty- five Seven

Capturing A Monday Sunset # Skywatch Friday

March 25, 2016

It’s been a quiet week and a short one with two public holidays coming at the end.

However, I’m not complaining because I managed to catch up with friends. Gossiping over coffee is always relaxing. But what was more satisfying was catching up with sleep. I finally managed to shake off the tiredness that had held me in its grip these past few months.

And today I can enjoy the peace and quiet of a city is wearing a deserted look . The streets are quieter with just a few cars cruising down . It seems everyone has left town to celebrate the festivals this week end.

What bliss it is to feel the breeze that accompanies the setting sun.

Isn’t this a beautiful Sunset captured on Monday evening?

Linking this to Skywatch Friday.

Happy Easter all!
Yikes! My blog traffic is going down

March 24, 2016
It’s nothing to crow about. Falling numbers . Today I glanced at my analytics and found that my visitors this month are 300 less than last month and are falling down!!!! This drastic drop in blog traffic is alarming considering that I’ve been consciously trying to bring the numbers up.

What could be going wrong?
- A friend very frankly told me that my content was boring and dull – too centred around my family
- Another friend told me that she was busy getting her own accounts in order with the financial year coming to an end and had no time to waste visiting my blog.
- Yet another critic said that she was busy with school exams and running after her children .
So all in all, March is a really busy month with everybody coming out of their Winter stupor and getting ready for the rest of the year.

Ways to increase blog traffic

Over the past year , I’ve been making a conscious effort to improve my rankings, increase blog traffic and perhaps even earn some money.
- I’ve followed tips by experts like Darren Rowse and Jon Morrow and Pat Flynn and who give free advice with a simple sign up to receive updates and tips from them regularly.
- consulted with consultants like Blogelina and ShoutMeLoud for a fee.
- engaged with my readers – asking questions at the end of the post.
- interacted with other bloggers – joining up with Write Tribe, participating in Blog Hops and actively commenting on other bloggers’ posts.
- participated in contests hosted by Blogadda and Indiblogger.
So what is going wrong?

[tweetthis]Somewhere, something is not going right.[/tweetthis]

I wonder what can I do to stop the plunge and bring the blog traffic up?
It was just another ordinary day

March 23, 2016

It was just another ordinary day.

I woke up in the morning took my medication, had my breakfast ,

And went about my ordinary day.

The children came , we had lunch together

and went about our ordinary day.

Then suddenly my father in law

burst out of his room like the bombs that burst in Brussels

and told us about the awful things that were happening in a country so far away.

Terrorists that killed 31 and shocked millions the world over ….

The children slept , we had our coffee, it was for us another ordinary day.

I don’t mean to trivialise the attacks that happened but nothing seems to change . With every act of violence there is a flurry of chatter , from intellectuals and policy makers and anyone who has a voice .

There is condemnation, rationalisation, retaliation and damnation.

Despite the noise, the anger, the determination and resolution to fight the scourge that threatens to destroy the fabric of our lives

The bombs go off and people die while we go on with our ordinary day.

https://www.rt.com/document/56f1c72bc361880b328b45db/amp
This time it’s Brussels

Next time ?