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2013: Top Ten Blog Posts

December 31, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

We’ve reached the end of another yearโ€ฆ
Do you remember New Year’s Eve 1999?
Remember when we thought all the world’s computers, and thus the entire planet, would crash and burn at the stroke of 2000? At State Bank and Trustย (where I worked), we spent months preparing for Y2K only to watch the new year arrive without incident. That was a good thing but honestly a bit anti-climatic.
Year 2000 doesn’t seem that long ago to me. And yes, I’m showing my age.
One of the things I do at year end is look back. 2013 raced by so quickly I can barely remember it, but luckily much of my year is recorded in blog posts. Today I’m looking back at my most popular blog posts (via page views).
In case you missed a few and/or would like to re-read/share/etc, here they are listed in David Letterman’s preferred reverse order. (Click on the number and blog title to be redirected to that post.)
10.
Dallas County Jury Duty Part One
“half the people argued they didn’t possess their own televisionsโ€ฆ”
Dallas County Jury Duty

9.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Christmas Mice
“you can trim the tails or notโ€ฆ”

Chocolate Covered Cherry Mice

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Seven Signs You Might Be From Arkansas
“you sort laundry into three pilesโ€”whites, darks and razorback redโ€ฆ”

You might be from Arkansas ifโ€ฆ

 

7.
Homemade Lavender Peppermint Body Scrub
“made with ingredients from my kitchen and gardenโ€ฆ”
How to make Lavender Peppermint Body Scrub

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6.
Realistically Creepy Halloween Decor
“old is naturally creepyโ€ฆ”
How to decorate for Halloween - realistically creepy decor

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5.
Flying Bat Project
“duct tapeโ€ฆ”
Flying Bat project - great Halloween craft!

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4.
How to Propagate Rosemary
“make angled cuts to allow more surface area for rootingโ€ฆ”
how to propagate rosemary!

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3.
Mussels in White Wine Sauce
“Serve with bread to sop up the sauceโ€ฆ”
easy appetizer! mussels in white wine sauce

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2.ย 
How to Make Pumpkins from Recycled Books
“the hardest part of the project was selecting which book to useโ€ฆ”
how to make a recycled book pumpkin - so cute!

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and here we go-
THE most viewed post in 2013โ€ฆ

1.
Not Your Momma’s Cranberry Sauce
“momma loves cranberry sauce that slithers out of the can with a vile sucking soundโ€ฆ”
simple tasty cranberry sauce!

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The moral of this top ten listโ€ฆPinterest drives page views and my Pinterest followers love food, crafting and Halloween:)Seriously, Yay for Pinterest!In 2013 I wrote 328 blog posts (not counting this one).

Three Hundred and Twenty-Eightโ€ฆAlthough the ten above were fun projects and delicious recipes, my favorites are those about childhood memories or posts written from creative writing prompts (i.e. not that pin-able.)

Here are a few of my favorites from 2013 (in no particular order).

Cottonwood Corner
“once upon a time there was a race trackโ€ฆ”

Cottonwood Corner, Arkansas

 

Another Halloween
“even scarecrows need Pinotโ€ฆ”
Another Halloween

 

The Kitchen Table
“each day began fresh at the kitchen tableโ€ฆ”
everything happens at the kitchen tableโ€ฆ
Joy!
“wheat harvest, smell of cottonโ€ฆ”
Joy - a poem
The Smallest Things
“he was happyโ€ฆ”
the smallest thingsโ€ฆ
The Enchanted Forest
“magic I tell youโ€ฆ”
The Enchanted Forest, Goldsmith's, Memphis Tn
R is for Reading
“where have you been lately?โ€ฆ”
Reading - where have you been lately?
Living Outside Herself
“she dared to imagine a different lifeโ€ฆ”
Living OUtside Herself - dreaming a new life.
Do you have a favorite Grace Grits post from 2013?
And now a VERY BIG THANK YOU to everyone who reads, comments, shares and tells others about Grace Grits and Gardening. I hope you’ll keep it up!
Here’s to a fantastic 2014.
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Musical Pairing:What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? ย Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordan Levitt

 

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Comments

  1. Stephanie says

    December 31, 2013 at 7:14 am

    What a fun way to look back over the year and see what you’ve shared. I love the look of your blog. I’m not sure if I’ve visited before but you can count me in as a daily read! Happy New Year!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 1, 2014 at 7:27 am

      Thank you so much Stephanie!

  2. Kim Croisant says

    December 31, 2013 at 7:18 am

    Awesome year you must have had!!! I love your photos and your blog. Saying hi from TXWB FB page. HNY!!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 1, 2014 at 7:27 am

      Thanks Kim! HNY to you too!

  3. Colene says

    December 31, 2013 at 7:34 am

    I’ve said it before, but I will say it again. You have made me laugh, you have made me cry, and you have made me think! It is too hard to chose a favorite blog but I enjoy the childhood and family blogs best of all. Happy Birthday to John and Happy New Year to all!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 1, 2014 at 7:25 am

      Thank you Colene! I appreciate your devotion to Grace Grits. Happy New Year to you and yours!

  4. Celeste Aslanyants says

    December 31, 2013 at 8:30 am

    Love the recap! All of those recipes look so delicious…my husband would love me a million times more if I knew how to make him mussels I’m almost positive ๐Ÿ™‚ Have a Happy, Happy New Year!!!!!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 1, 2014 at 7:25 am

      Celeste you should definitely make him mussels but don’t tell him how easy it is!

  5. Michelle Hancock says

    December 31, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    Great list! Thanks for sharing!

  6. Bryan Jones says

    December 31, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    Super cool list!

  7. Corinne Rodrigues says

    December 31, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Happy New Year, Talya! Thank you for the joy and inspiration you bring with your writing and your commitment to it all year through!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 1, 2014 at 7:26 am

      Thank you Corinne! I find that many of my favorite posts originated from Write Tribe prompts. Happy New Year!

  8. Dorothy Johnson says

    January 1, 2014 at 6:12 am

    Great Blog, my friend–I mean the entire the thing! As usual, I learned something from you today. The Pinterest advice. I can’t say which post was my favorite, but the ones you picked made me smile as I remembered them. Happy New Year! May your writing be sweet and productive in 2014.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 1, 2014 at 7:26 am

      Thank you friend! Happy New Year!


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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