On her blog today, Cis/From A Simple Mind wonders if it's time to give up blogging after almost 10 years: "The numbers are down... but then they usually are in the summer time. Winter is when most don't have anything else to do ... so they tend to check in from time to time. I am not a big time blogger. I am a drop on the floor from the pail of water ... spilt when others advertise or suggest my blog for reading.  So I average about 22 (page-views) a day. about 150 a week...(when I have a local event on I can get up to 70). Mine is not like friends who I know. who blog and get numbers like 150 per day.  Some are still going strong, while others blog once a week, unless they have fuel for the fire and do a series on what is upsetting the apple cart of life.  I am talking about the non-paying blogs. More here.

Question: Cis/Simple Mind has been part of HucksOnline since the beginning, way back on Feb. 16, 2004. She encouraged me a lot that first year, as I considered whether all the extra work was worth it. She told me to stick it out for a year before deciding what to do. I wonder whether I'd still be blogging if she hadn't provided the encouragement. Blogging is hard work -- and I get strokes simply because this blog has grown into something far bigger than I expected. Many have tried blogging and quit. Cis deserves a pat on the back as she pushes toward her 10th blogiversary next year. Thoughts?