The Cloud Hands Blog
has now served up over 600,000 page views of my regular blog posts to readers from
around the world.
By February of 2015, this blog had served up 500,000 posts. By July of 2014, it had served up a total of 400,000
page views.
I have made over 2,230 posts to this Cloud Hands Blog.
My first post to the Cloud Hands Blog was made on October 26, 2005.
There were 14,179 page views of the Cloud Hands Blog in the last month, and over 530 page views yesterday. There
are now 101 persons that follow this blog by email.
I have had some
positive feedback and
awards for the
Cloud Hands Blog.
Thank you very much to all those persons that have read the posts to this blog.
Last year, I added a Translate button at the top of the right sidebar so
that non-English readers can read the post in the language of their
choice, albeit within the limitations of automatic machine translations.
I use Blogger for a number of reasons. First,
blogging provides a permanent record of one's written contributions with backup
files. Second, your posts can be indexed in a variety of ways.
Third, it provides a useful and flexible structure for linking to other related
websites and blogs. Fourth, people can subscribe to your posts via an email blog aggregator.
Fifth, your posts and content links are added automatically and immediately to the Google and Bing indexes.
Sixth, you can display photos, graphics, and UTube embeds in your blog.
Seventh, web publishers can use their blog to create a alternative front-end
index to their other websites and webpages. Eight, it serves as my readily available online notebook.
The
nice aspect of any Blogger blog is the fact that all posts are thoroughly
indexed by topics shown in the lower right side bar. The blog has a
search box at the top left hand corner of the blog that provides full
access to all past posts. Also, there are links in the right sidebar
to other blogs and webpages by others that are worth exploring and
reading.
My Cloud Hands Blog is primarily a online vehicle
for referring people to my hundreds of webpages with specific, extensive, and
focused content on subjects of interest to me, and updating my readers on the
webpages I am currently creating or improving. Links in each post point to
relevant material in my webpages on a particular subject. A partial index to my many webpages can be found at Green Way Research.
Over 4,400 persons have written to me since 2000 to tell me how these hundreds of webpages have provided them with enjoyment, inspiration, information, and insights; or, to ask me questions.
My main webpage efforts in 2015 had been weekly work on the 81 Chapters of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.
By June of 2015, I completed adding over 25 English language translations
for each Chapter, 3 Spanish language translations for each of the 81
chapters of the Daodejing, and indexing by Spanish language terms for all the Chapters. Each Friday, I submit a post on the Daodejing to the Cloud Hands Blog.
In 2016,, my reading, research, and writing will be focused on on Stoicism, Hellenistic philosophy, embodied
cognition, pragmatism, metaphors, fitness practices, self-help, and the senses. I
focus on a more limited set of topics on this blog, and seldom comment on current
events.
My wife, Karen, and I are very active gardeners. Therefore, I post on this subject quite often.
Hopefully,
posts to this blog will benefit my readers in some positive way, lead
to discovering other mind-body fitness options they might explore, and
providing a little insight on topics of mutual interest.
Yes,
I do repeat previous blog posts. Few busy people have the time to post
original material each day unless the blog is a steady source of income
for them. Since I am 70 years of age, semi-retired, and still work two part-time jobs for
30 hours total each week, actively garden, and exercise six days a week, my time
available for original creative writing is somewhat limited.
Recent Feedback and Kudos from my Readers:
"Michael Garofalo has a variety of superior online directories,
and his catalogues of poems (including his own) and his writing are worth perusing.
Of special note are his webpages on Daoism and the
Tao Te Ching."
- Gerald A. Sharp,
Chi Flow, 2015
"Mr. Michael P. Garofalo has done excellent research and
comparisons of the various translations of each verse of the
Tao Te Ching.
Thanks to him, we can easily see how various scholars translated the verses; for
example, look at
Verse 6."
-
Tao by Matsumoto
- Anne, Just an Old Fashioned Girl
Blog, 9/20/2015
"Hi Mike, I really enjoyed your website!"
- Shifu Elaine Waters,
Colorado, 9/15/2015
"Dear friend, your site is a nice trove of
information."
- Shifu Careaga, Jiang Hu Wulin Group, 9/12/2015
"Hi Mike, thank you very much for the very
useful information on swinging arms Qigong."
- Brother Promise, Plum Village Org, France, 7/27/2015
"I found your web pages which are nearly
perfect, totally helpful like an encyclopedia, and well thought out.
Congratulations, and thank you for giving us the opportunity of using them."
- Selma Erdal, Istanbul, Turkey, 7/12/2015
"I started doing Tai Chi 2 years ago and
discovered your website about a year ago. Thank you so much for creating and/or
organizing the information available there. It has been invaluable as a
resource in helping me advance my Tai Chi practice. I am especially grateful for
the detail instructions on the 24 and 108 hand forms, the 32 sword form and the
various fan forms."
- Ingrid Chin, 6/23/2015
"I have been reading your work for a while
and think very highly of it. I am working upon Master Chen's request on a book
on Tai Chi but my writing pales in comparison to yours."
- Robert G. Downey, Madison, Florida, 2/25/2015
"I was looking for some materials
concerning Taijiquan and Qigong, and quite naturally I found your websites,
which seem to be the most elaborate (and even in some way "scientific") to be
found on the internet. There can be no doubt that I admire you for this
large amount of work which you put in those subjects - which is, of course, an
huge amount of life, too."
- Hanjo Lehmann, M.D., Berlin, Germany, 2/19/2015
"Just a note of appreciation for all the
time you spent on your website for the 32 step sword form. I'm just starting to
learn the form and know I will be referring to your work a lot. Thank you
so much for sharing your expertise."
- Kristina Endo, 2/15/2015
"I recently began studying with Dr. Ming Wu (wuhealing.com)
in West Hartford, CT. Being directionally challenged, I researched guides to
the Traditional Yang Style Long Form and Short Form. Your clarity of
organization, together with the directions for each movement has been an
essential learning tool. I have been taking handwritten notes to adapt your
form to his teaching, detailing the differences in direction and movement
from class and from Dr. Wu's videos on his website. My next step is to
review the descriptions in detail with Dr. Wu. Your pairing of the visual
image of the compass with the movements has been invaluable. I adapted the
wuhealing logo into a compass as a visual guide."
- Lynn Mangini, 12/23/2014
"I happened to stumble on to your
webpage on the Taiji Jian Form, then continued to surf through the many
links on it. I immediately noticed a marked difference between your
website pages, and that of others which I have chanced upon in the past. You
took the trouble to reference every source that you quoted, and did so in a very
systematic and user-friendly manner. Plus, it was done in a proper manner.
In compliance with academic standards. These details drove me to
investigate further... and then, I suddenly noticed that your website was
recently updated in September 2015, and yet, your earlier webpages dated way
back a over decade ago. Your collective knowledge of academic referencing
standards, plus website design best practices, plus in depth and obvious
passion for Taiji, is just simply astounding!These skills are rarely seen in
combination. Don't worry 'm not a salesperson or anything. I just
wanted to let you know that I appreciate your work. Thank you for
sharing your Taiji knowledge freely online, and in such a professional
manner. I am impressed."
- Roz Hussin, October 7, 2015
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
Best wishes for good health, contentment, and peace,
Mike Garofalo
