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Wild Mushroom Cobbler
The blog is 5. Can you believe it?
Actually, the date slipped past me, as I was engaged with other priorities, so this celebration of 5-hood had to wait a couple of weeks. But, to the meat of the matter:
- Of these 15 posts, 10 were also on last year’s list of most read posts. I’m thinking when it’s good, then it’s evergreen. And once you start to move up on the Google machine’s algorithm, then everything takes care of itself.
- For the fourth year in a row, Velda’s recipe for Wild Mushroom Cobbler is the most read post on this blog. How many times was I served that award-winning recipe in Year 5? Zero.
With absolutely no hope that this situation will change anytime soon, here are the most read posts from the fifth year of MowryJournal.com:
Wild Mushroom Cobbler
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
Soap Drying Rack
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
The Use And Abuse Of Facebook
Portraits: Ronald Reagan
Petrified Forest National Park
Portraits: Lyndon B Johnson
Installing Oneida’s V3000 Dust Collection System
Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center
BattleShots!
Orange Liqueur Taste Test
Velda’s Ahi Wraps
Soap Drying Rack
Portraits: John Adams
Portraits: Franklin D Roosevelt
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Most Read Posts From Year Four
Most Read Posts From Year Three
Most Read Posts From Year Two
Most Read Posts From Year One
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Smokey does not mess around. When he says the danger is extreme, believe him.
I debate with myself about the value of this blog at times. After all, I spend a lot of time thinking, writing, formatting … doing.
When I review the posts I’ve written over the year, though, and have to discard posts that I am really proud of in order to only show 15 posts, I know my effort is not in vain.
Here are my favorite posts from 2016. Please, enjoy!
A Family Heirloom
Auto-Updating & Patience
Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 and 2
Choosing A President: 1824
Yeah. We voted at this place.
Do All Lives Matter?
I’m Exhausted
Installing Oneida’s V3000 Dust Collection System
Mrs M’s New Booth: # 4
My Left Kneecap
Soap: At Long Last
Soap Drying Rack
The Board Chronicles: California Avocado Festival 2016
Why? You Ask Why?
When Nature Fights Back: A Special Edition of The Board Chronicles
Why? You Ask Why?
You Get Your News Where?
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My Favorite Posts From 2015
My Favorite Posts From 2014
My Favorite Posts From 2013
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These are the most viewed posts on MowryJournal.com in 2016. People from 150 countries visited this blog this year!
Six of these posts were not on this list last year, and 3 of the posts are new posts written this year. All of these posts have gone viral in one way or another, generating much interest beyond those directly in my normal, ever-increasing circle of readers.
There are 2 of Velda’s exceptional recipes here: try them, if you haven’t already. I promise you won’t regret it! It’s worthy of note that her Wild Mushroom Cobbler was this blog’s # 1 most read post for the last 2 years … until it was unseated by this year’s story about my new dust collection system. Apparently, there are more woodworkers wanting cleaner shops than cooks wanting to cook with mushrooms? If so, I very much regret it.
I focus on the recipe, of course, in the hopes that Mrs M will find time in her busy schedule to make that spectacular dish again in the near future. Maybe a little competitive spirit will inspire her.
My final observation is that I have no idea why my articles about the 18th, 36th, 2nd, 40th & 42nd Presidents are among the most read, nor why they are viewed more often than, say, my portrait of the 26th President. If nothing else, I’ve proven this year that I don’t understand politics that well.
But then, after this year, who can say they do?
In 2017, the portrait of the 44th President should be unveiled, which will then give me opportunity to update this series. Good: I already have one blog post planned for 2017!
Installing Oneida’s V3000 Dust Collection System
Installing Oneida’s V3000 Dust Collection System
Wild Mushroom Cobbler
Portraits: Ulysses S Grant
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Portraits: Lyndon B Johnson
Soap Drying Rack
Wild Mushroom Cobbler
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center
Mrs M’s New Booth: # 4
Portraits: John Adams
Portraits: Ronald Reagan
The Use and Abuse of Facebook
Velda’s Ahi Wraps
Portraits: Bill Clinton
Ulysses S Grant, Official White House Portrait
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The Best of MowryJournal 2015
The Best of MowryJournal 2014
The Best of MowryJournal 2013
The Best of MowryJournal 2012
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Installing Oneida’s V3000 Dust Collection System
MowryJournal.com is now 4!
Only one of my favorite posts from this past year also appeared on the “most read” list that was posted yesterday … and that post was about installing my new Dust Collection System. This post was linked by a reader on the woodworking Reddit forum, and it went viral from there.
I’m happy that many people found that post worthwhile, but I’m actually a lot more excited that the V3000 has made such a huge improvement in the air quality in the shop! That’s why that installation was so important; the blog post just documented that importance, and other people are interested. That’s a good thing.
The first 2 threads that I see in this collection of favorite posts are that I like writing about learning, and I’m doing a lot in the garage woodshop.
And I don’t see those trends changing any time soon.
Just like the other common thread that’s here: family. Also, not changing any time soon. Right?
Here are my favorite blog posts from the past 12 months. If you missed some of these good reads along the way, please enjoy!
13 Things Learned In The Shop Last Weekend
Five Things I Didn’t Know About The Confederate Flag
Things I Learned Watching The Superbowl
How Far We’ve Come
Installing Oneida’s V3000 Dust Collection System
Mrs M’s New Booth: # 4
My Left Kneecap
My Mother, Who Is Grand
Ten Things That Will Disappear In My Lifetime
The Board Chronicles: California Strawberry Festival 2016
The Nearly Lost Recipe
The View From The Hubble Telescope
Things I Learned At The Street Fair, 2015
Things I Learned Watching The Superbowl
Why? You Ask Why?
Why? You Ask Why?
You Get Your News Where?
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My Favorite Posts From Year 3
My Favorite Posts From Year 2
My Favorite Posts From Year 1
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Wild Mushroom Cobbler
“The winner … and STILL champeen … Wild Mushroom Cobbler!”
For the 3rd year in row, Velda’s recipe has been the most read post on MowryJournal.com. Two quick facts result:
- If you haven’t made this recipe yet, then you are missing out.
- Velda made this recipe only once this past year, and I’m the poorer for it.
Here are the most read posts from MowryJournal.com’s 4th year:
Wild Mushroom Cobbler
Portraits: Ulysses S Grant
Installing Oneida’s V3000 Dust Collection System
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
Ulysses S Grant, Official White House Portrait
Portraits: Lyndon B Johnson
Petrified Forest National Park
Portraits: John Adams
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Smoked Paprika
Velda’s Ahi Wraps
Portraits: Ronald Reagan
Orange Liqueur Taste Test
Portraits: Woodrow Wilson
Portraits: Bill Clinton
The Use and Abuse of Facebook
More
Installing The Oneida V3000 Dust Collection System
Most Read Posts From Year Three
Most Read Posts From Year Two
Most Read Posts From Year One
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These are the most viewed posts of 2015. The blog had visitors from 149 countries this year.
Velda will be happy that her recipe for Wild Mushroom Cobbler is the most viewed post of the year. For that matter, a great many people will be happy after they follow her recipe. Now, if I could just get her to do so again….
These postings are about equally split between Velda’s recipes, my portraits series about the American President, my series on the National Parks, and then a few odds and ends from MrsMowry and myself.
If you haven’t read any of these before, please enjoy. After all, they are the most popular things published on MowryJournal.com this year!
Wild Mushroom Cobbler
Wild Mushroom Cobbler
Portraits: Bill Clinton
Portraits: Ulysses S Grant
How To Be Unemployable
Petrified Forest National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
Portraits: John Adams
Portraits: Lyndon B Johnson
Portraits: Woodrow Wilson
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Smoked Paprika
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
Orange Liqueur Taste Test
The Truth About Rush Limbaugh
BattleShots!
The Use and Abuse of Facebook
The Perfect Sunset
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The Best of MowryJournal 2014
The Best of MowryJournal 2013
The Best of MowryJournal 2012
Cue the sailboat….
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Wild Mushroom Cobbler
Velda will love this post: her recipe for Wild Mushroom Cobbler is the post that was read the most over the last 12 months. That post has been re-pinned several times on Pinterest, and it’s gone viral from there.
And the world is eating better, if they’re following that recipe!
Most of these posts have gone viral, actually. “How To Be Unemployable” was picked up by a Dutch news service, for example. It’s a big world out there.
Here are the 15 most read posts of the last year:
Wild Mushroom Cobbler
Portraits: Ulysses S Grant
Portraits: Woodrow Wilson
Portraits: Bill Clinton
Petrified Forest National Park
How To Be Unemployable
Portraits: John Adams
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
The Truth About Rush Limbaugh
Portraits: Woodrow Wilson
BattleShots!
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
Portraits: Lyndon B Johnson
Portraits: Richard Nixon
US Flag: Common Display Mistakes
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Smoked Paprika
Portraits: Theodore Roosevelt
More
Most Read Posts From Year Two
Most Read Posts From Year One
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