I’m sure I’m typical of most bloggers: I love to get comments on my posts. It assures me that someone did read whatever drivel I put out there for the world to see.
I know of a number of friends and acquaintances who read my blog, at least on a once-in-a-while basis. They rarely leave comments. And that is just fine. I have a few bloggy friends that regularly read my posts (and I read theirs) and we tend to leave each other comments. And that’s fun!
And then there are posts that are linked to someone else’s blog (in yesterday’s case, to Judy Laquidara’s Patchwork Times, where Judy asked people who completed one of her quilt patterns to post a link). Because Judy has such a HUGE reader base, by placing a link on her site, I receive a healthy number of site visits that I wouldn’t normally get, and if I’m lucky, comments from people I wouldn’t have “met” before.
It’s also a reminder to me of how global the Internet is. Yesterday I received five comments on that post (so far), and they are from Tennessee, England, Virginia, France, and Germany! If you don’t do this already, try clicking on the names of commentors — most of them have web sites — and it’s interesting to see what others are doing and blogging about. (If they aren’t “clickable”, they either don’t have a web site, or chose not to enter it on the comment form.)
And now to what you’ve all been waiting for: a report on BRUSSELS SPROUTS!! They are my favorite veggie, followed by lima beans. Many a time I have eaten a whole box/bag of Brussels sprouts as a meal when I’ve only had to feed myself. We had them with dinner last night (I try not to have them too often — not DH’s fave, but he eats them). Here’s what it said on the bag:
What??? Product of Belgium??? Really? This bag of sprouts that cost $1.39, Cub imported them from Belgium??? Does this mean the seeds originated in Belgium? I did some looking on line, and California is the US’s biggest producer of Brussels sprouts, so what does this mean? (And do you really think they would be delicious sprouty morsels until March 4, 2011?) I don’t know, but here’s what they look like growing on the stalk:
Who would think such an odd-looking vegetable could be so delicious!
Sue
