Looks like the only thing I haven’t been doing desperately is searching for readers… Desperately Seeking Salem reached 15,000 unique page views today!
Chugga chugga chug.
This is definitely becoming the little blog that could.
When I started this blog three months ago, I never could have imagined that it would balloon from a silly little personal writer’s blog to the first point of contact that many people out there are having with Salem. Sure, I get a lot of local hits, many of them from our great community of local bloggers, but the secret to no one is that newcomers to Salem, and would-be newcomers — the very people who enliven and shake things up — are coming here in droves.
From the beginning, I have tried to make this blog all about place. Well, it seems it has been attracting a growing fraction of people in and out of Salem –upwards of 300 a day — who are gathering here (or more often than not lurking and not posting comments 
) who are, as my friend Karen says, “motivated to enjoy their time here.”
I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a reason for living, and not just in Salem.
But even more amazing to me are the people who are moving to Salem and seeing it through my eyes before they even get here. I’m sure they are shocked and disappointed when they finally arrive and experience the zoning apocalypse of Lancaster Drive, which I haven’t even touched. But overall, I am delighted to have become something of a welcome wagon to new Salemites.
I get a lot of emails from people who are moving to Salem and who are looking for a personal connection before they even get here. I have answered every single one.
Claudia, if you’re reading this, tell me how you are doing, your email doesn’t work anymore. I want to know how you’re taking to this place.
oh SNAP. My first blog quote.
Awesome! I hope you keep on blogging about Salem and your adventures here. I love reading your perspective on the town that many salemites still call “boring” (but isn’t if they’d just take a closer look).
Boring should be banned from every household. Nothing bothers me more than when little kids say something is boring, so I’m not sure why adults should get away with it. To me, being bored is a sign of a lazy mind and a lack of imagination.
And Karen, you’re on your way to “Karen’s Quotable Quotes!”
I’m pretty sure it has something to do with your cool header!
I’m header jealous.
It’s difficult to find an image that screams: Salem. Most of the pics I took of the town just quietly whisper: Sal-ahem, shhhhhh.