Trending with Grace Grits and Gardening {Blogger of the Month}

Those in the know say bloggers should monitor trends, write about those trends (to increase page rankings) and even add trending key words into posts to attract the roving search engines. I admit it. In a perverse sort of way, I’m oddly interested in what’s trending on Twitter and Google. Perverse because typically I have no clue and/or interest in the trending topics. I’m dull that way.

I don’t know why I even look. The fascinating (to everyone except me?) topics clogging up cyberspace only make me feel old and out of the loop.

Last week #WhatJayZSaidToSolange was trending on Twitter. I promise you, until that moment, I had no idea who/what/where Solange was. I’m still not sure. And I’m plenty okay with it too.

Unless tomatoes start trending, it’s doubtful I’ll be blogging about popular topics.image

If I do write about Solange on Grace Grits and Gardening, my handful of faithful readers will surely realize my blog has been hacked. I’d like to believe someone (Colene, Dana, my mother) will check on me, because something is wrong.

Bottom line…I have my own trending topics. Things happening in my life this week. Yesterday. Right now. Ordinary to most, these are the topics that hold my attention and make me happy. And the only drama in the whole batch is how many different ways I can serve onions, because I’ve been blessed with a bumper crop.

Enough yakking. Here are my trending topics along with a photo for you visual folks.

  • my son’s twenty-first birthday! (nothing ordinary about this, I agree)
  • fresh strawberry cake (birthday tradition in our family)
  • squash (first harvest of the season)
  • August: Osage County (have you seen it? I can’t stop thinking about it)
  • gingham and polka dots (my closet is bursting with both)
  • Bourbon and Boots (my wish list continues to grow)
  • spring cleaning (I’ve been reorganizing my kitchen cabinets)
  • writing (working on my manuscript)
  • summer reading list (I just bought TMI Mom: Getting Lucky by Heather Davis {she’s part of Oklahoma Women Bloggers y’all!} & Deep Ellum by Brandon Hobson)
  • Lucy & Annabelle, our schnauzers (always trending in our home); and,
  • family vacation (where to go?)image

No Bieber. No Donald Sterling. Just regular, real life.

One more thing…this is my last Blogger of the Month post. Can you believe we are at the end of May?? THANK YOU Arkansas Women Bloggers and all you readers for indulging me! I hope you’ll keep checking in with me at Grace Grits and Gardening.

13 comments

  1. Debbie says:

    I’m going to miss these little weekly inspirations of yours, but I’ll definitely come visiting your harden????. My trends tend to mimic yours somewhat–food, garden, family, Arkansas. I get a headache with weekly stats and analytics. See you soon.

  2. Dorothy Johnson says:

    Your trends are why we read your blog. They mirror our worlds, the things we old dear, told in your charming way. Thanks for sharing your life. Just sorry you aren’t close enough to share those tomatoes and onions!

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  5. Colene says:

    I can’t just stop with “ditto”. LOL! “a handful of faithful readers”…I think not! However, I am honored to be mentioned!!!!

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