It's nice to see you're there.

     For as long as we've been the MCCLS Bookworm, we've known you're out there, even if we don't receive comments from you.  That's all right, you see, because we know if you really have something to say, you will.
     But occasionally I like to check the Stats that Blogger offers to those of us who use this program.  In fact, occasionally we give the information to our Library Board members.  It gives us a better insight into where you are and what you're interested in by reading about our library.
     Now, we're not a very big library, but "big enough," as they say.
     Moultrie, Georgia's latest population count was 15,500.  We're about 59 miles from Tallahassee, Florida to the south and 113 miles from Columbus, Georgia to the northwest.  And to the north, as my friends say, we're about 3-1/2 to 4 hours from Atlanta.  (Sometimes it's easier to tell you how far away we are from some place by using hours instead of miles.) 
     The higher powers that be have estimated that in the first five years of the past decade the population of Moultrie has grown by about 4%.  And that since 2005 Moultrie's population has grown by about 6%.
     That being said, it's amazing to me that our Blogger audience statistics show that you, who are reading this blog, are not only from the United States, but India, Russia, Germany, China, France, Ukraine, and Greece, as well as the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Israel, Brazil, Canada and Iran.
     And you're using as your browsers the Internet (49%), Firefox, Mobile Safari, Opera, Chrome, Safari, and NS8.
     The operating systems you're using are not only Windows (67%), Linux (17%), Android (11%), and Macintosh (3%), but you're using iPads, iPhones, Blackberrys, Nokias, and iPods.  Isn't that interesting?
     Our Board members were delighted to know that people from all those countries are reading our blog.  And I have to say, I was really delighted to know that so many people are using their iPads, iPods, and iPhones to read it.  I sure hope that's not out of boredom, while their riding in their carpools, golf carts, or subway trains.  But then, I really don't care where you are reading it, just as long as you're reading it.  Bathrooms, included.
     Comments are appreciated, of course.  However, one friend told me that she doesn't feel she has to respond.  She said she just likes to read about what we're doing here.  If we have certain displays that interest her, or some good book on our shelf I've talked about, or an event she'd like to attend, then she said she's on her way to the library, coming to visit us in person.
     So...it's nice to see you're there.  Even if you can't come visit us in person. We welcome you each time you come for a visit and hope you take away with you some bit of information that will make your day a little brighter.
     Friends around the world.  I like that idea.  It's nice to see you're there.