HELLO CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH AMERICA...

JUST A QUICK POST TO SAY HI TO THOSE I'VE SEEN REFERRED TO AS "LURKERS..." PEOPLE WHO VISIT A BLOG BUT NEVER LEAVE A COMMENT.

FIRST, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE, EVEN IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO SAY HELLO.

STILL, YOU ARE A MYSTERY.

So how do we know you have come here and left without saying a word? Have a look down the right hand sidebar of my blog, all the way to the bottom, down to my Cluster Map.

Click on it for a larger image. Then look at the red dot that's located right where you live.

I know people from China, Japan, New Zealand, what appears to be Russia, likely Finland and maybe Sweden, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, have all stopped by.

And you've peaked in from Churchill in the northern part of Manitoba, Regina, Saskatchewan, some other countries in Central Europe that are too small to determine and many other locations in North America.

You all have visited. And I thank you for that. While of course I'd like to hear from you -- even just to say hi -- and possibly pay a return visit to your own space, I respect your right to just walk in and silently walk out.

The door here is always open.