My first two posts were beautiful essays on Heian Japan. I slaved over them. Wrote them as carefully cited, polished pieces that I would’ve been proud to turn into a professor. I thought they were impeccable blog posts.
*Crickets.*
My third post was a more chatty, snarky take on the subject. Jackpot! Someone is following me now. (Thank you, San’in Monogatari! You’re awesome.)
Then I decide to word-vomit some stuff about my spirituality, and put up a couple of poems. WTF??? Suddenly this blogging stuff is happening. (Thank you, by the way, to everyone who has liked and followed my blog. Trust me. I appreciate it, despite my snark here.)
I need to stop trying so hard…
Flight of the Hamsa 
Although I found you through your snarky samurai post (which I loved!), those Heian essays really made me excited. I’m excited to see more content, too!
Thank you! They took a lot of effort to write, so I’m glad you appreciated them.