Published in January 2020
Since December is usually a bit of a quiet month for work, January is usually a bit quiet for publications. But the cogs keep turning, even if slowly, and still had about a dozen articles published – so maybe not so slowly after all. Take a look.
Earth911
I wrapped up a series of the trends and forecasts with:
Predicting Sustainability Trends for 2020
I completed my series on where people get their electricity:
What You Need to Know About Hydropower
What You Need to Know About Nuclear Power
What You Need to Know About Coal Power
What You Need to Know About Natural Gas Power (oops, that one actually published in February)
There was a bit of an unintentional theme of solids and liquids:
Eco-Friendly Ways to De-ice Your Sidewalks
What’s Wrong With Bottled Water
Peecycling: From Liquid Waste to Healthy Crops
ParentMap
I think these articles for ParentMap were published in the February print issue of the magazine. But they appeared digitally in the last few days of January, so I’m including them now.
Books That Celebrate Emotional Intelligence of Boys
The Surprising Power of Self-Compassion
Youths and Their Families Fight Climate Change Together (reprint)
Summer Camps That Build Up Steam
Crooked Road Blog
In January I published 10 blog posts. That’s more than in December, but fewer than any other month in the past year, and it showed in my traffic. Unlike bylines, blog posts mostly publish in the same month that I write them. So a slow blog month means a busy freelance month and I make no apologies.
Top Posts
According to Google Analytics, aside from the landing page and my bio page, these were the most-read posts in January:
The Norwegian Folk Museum in Oslo I promise someday I will write up the rest of that trip.
The Evolution of PNB’s Swan Lake I don’t know why this ballet post from a year ago flew to the top.
The Commander in Chief Clause Interest in this one is less of a mystery. Sigh.
Should You See Porgy and Bess It’s just a guess, but Seattle Opera is presenting Charlie Parker’s Yardbird in February, and there might be an increased local interest in black opera.
La Cenerentola at Seattle Opera I saw Cinderella at PNB this month, but that review didn’t get as many views as this post about the opera that was performed last fall. Go figure.
Referrals
In January, the top three traffic sources were:
Earth911.com
Baidu.com
That’s new. Lately a lot of my Sunday photo posts have been from my 2015 trip to Qingdao. But maybe a lot of people are interested in China, and especially travel to/from China at the moment because of coronavirus? If so, I’m glad to serve as a reminder that China is much more than just the source of new diseases. (I mean statistically, wouldn’t most new diseases originate where the most people are? It doesn’t say anything about the people.)
I still haven’t figured out how to get search terms, but I did try a thing that might provide that information next month. We’ll see.
About The Author
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I'm a freelance writer in Seattle specializing in parenting, arts and the environment.