Outlandish Observations: Outlandish Observations is 3 years old!

Notable Dates This Month

October, 1740 - Jamie is flogged at Ft. William (Virgins)

October 18-20, 1743 - Witch trial at Cranesmuir; Jamie learns the truth about Claire (OUTLANDER)

October 26, 1760 - Following King George II's funeral, Lord John receives a dachshund puppy from Stephan von Namtzen.

October 1, 1768 - The Incident of the Snake in the Privy (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

Late October 1770 - The Gathering; Roger and Bree are married (FIERY CROSS)

October 1772 - Ian comes back from the Kahnyen'kehaka (FIERY CROSS)

October 9, 1773 - Claire is abducted, and raped several days later (ABOSAA)

October, 1773 - Jamie and the others rescue Claire from her abductors; Jamie kills Arvin Hodgepile; Roger kills Harley Boble (ABOSAA)

October, 1776 - William travels to Quebec, accompanied by Denys Randall-Isaacs (ECHO)

October 7, 1777 - Jamie shoots William's hat off his head during a battle at Saratoga; General Simon Fraser is mortally wounded (ECHO)

October 17, 1777 - William is among the British troops who surrender at Saratoga (ECHO)

October, 1778 - Dottie learns she is pregnant (MOHB)

October 20, 1918 - Claire is born (OUTLANDER)

October 31, 1941 - Roger's father's plane goes down near a stone circle in Northumbria (ECHO, "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows")

October, 1980 - Bree and Roger and Jemmy and Mandy are living at Lallybroch (too many events to list here) (ECHO)

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the launch of my blog, Outlandish Observations! In honor of the occasion, here are a few statistics about Outlandish Observations:

Average number of visitors per day (in the last 30 days): 252 (up from about 240 a year ago)
Best response to monthly poll: 508 responses to the July poll
Fans of the Outlandish Observations page on Facebook: 383 (this time last year, that number was barely 200)
Subscribers to the blog's RSS feed: 393 (up from 298 a year ago)
Total posts: 532 so far, including this one. :-)

I was thrilled to see Outlandish Observations get some public recognition during the past year:

A link on Diana Gabaldon's revamped web site, in which Diana refers to Outlandish Observations as "a beautifully done, entertaining blog". (I was very pleased to see my photo included on that page as well!)
My interview in the July 2011 issue of RT Book Reviews Magazine. That was totally unexpected, and I'm delighted that the article turned out so well.
The OUTLANDER 20th Anniversary Contest, which was a tremendous success, and led to Diana Gabaldon's first-ever comment on this blog.

Thank you all so much for your continued support!

17 comments:

Cristina H said...: Congratulations Karen! Yours is the Outlander blog I turn to for all the latest information. All of your hard work is appreciated!; August 28, 2011 at 6:11 AM
Karen Henry said...: Thanks so much!

Karen; August 28, 2011 at 7:01 AM
MichelleKCanada said...: Happy Blogoversary. 3 years is quite an accomplishment. Thank you for constantly coming up with interesting posts to hold us all over until each new release!

MichelleKCanada @AnotherLookBook
http://anotherlookbookreviews.blogspot.com/; August 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM
Nenya said...: Congrats for three years! :); August 28, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Karen Henry said...: Thanks, Michelle, that's much appreciated! :-)

Karen; August 28, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Karen Henry said...: Thanks, Nenya!

Karen; August 28, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Vickie said...: Happy Blogoversary! I am here with you every day. Thank you for keeping us up-to-date and informed! It is a great blog.
Vickie; August 28, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Karen Henry said...: Thanks, Vickie! So glad you've been enjoying my blog. :-)

Karen; August 29, 2011 at 7:45 AM
John Lottery said...: Congratulations Karen and keep on blogging! I visit your site often while traversing through the Adgitize maze and often stop to read some of your posts. I enjoy your site and its content and wish you many more blogging years! John Lottery .....; August 30, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Karen Henry said...: Thanks, John! I'm glad to hear you've been enjoying my blog. Also glad to hear the Adgitize ad is working. :-)

Karen; August 30, 2011 at 8:02 AM
Mona said...: Congratulations long way to go!; August 30, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Karen Henry said...: Thanks, Mona!

Karen; August 30, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Shannon said...: This is the first (and usually only) site I visit for my Outlander/Diana information and fix! Thank you, Karen, for a great place to come to. Happy Blogoversary!; September 1, 2011 at 8:19 PM
Jari Backman said...: Dear Karen,

Belated congratulations on your anniversary.

You are doing such great work on this blog and I have got so much great added information about the 18th century, both in Scotland and America.; September 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Deniz Bevan said...: Congratulations Karen! Happy anniversary!; September 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Karen Henry said...: Shannon - Thanks! That's very gratifying, believe me! :-)

Jari - Thanks, I really appreciate that. I'm always fascinated to see what the things/people/places in the books actually looked like, so those posts are a lot of fun for me to put together.

Deniz - thanks very much!

Karen; September 4, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations and keep on blogging!! MarthaB; September 5, 2011 at 10:49 AM