A very odd thing happened on this blog in the last few days. Read on.

I started writing here in 2012 and have posted nearly 300 articles since then. There were a few years when I was going through some tough emotional times and didn’t publish much, but I stuck with it and the pace has been picking up recently. I don’t advertise this blog and don’t publish anywhere else–Facebook, X, Instagram, etc.–so my audience is quite small, generally less than 10 visitors in any given day, with a few of them reading more than one article in the same sitting. It is gradually growing, but nothing to write home about, let’s put it that way.

Nevertheless, on December 1, 2025, my stats recorded 100 visitors and 100 views, both numbers completely out of character. Not more, not less, but exactly 100. I laid this to a glitch at WordPress and didn’t pay it much attention. Yesterday, however, that same number popped up as the sum total for the day, but this time there were only 56 visitors, which means that some of them had read multiple pages which is good. Right? I would say so. Maybe my message is starting to pick up some momentum.

On closer examination, I found that there was one person in the United States and one person in Israel reading the same articles. On the same day. In sync. At random. There didn’t appear to be any system to the posts they chose to read, but between the two of them, US and Israel, they hit 23 pages, as if they were collaborating in the exercise. This happened again today, early in the morning, with 12 pages read in the same way. Between the two days, at least 35 posts. This seems to be a coordinated effort. I’m quite sure it’s not a coincidence.

I get a lot of hits from the US, as seems natural. The rest are spread around the world, but never concentrated in any one particular country, until yesterday when Israel showed up, which has got me wondering. Why was there so much attention on so many varied posts in such a short time between these two readers, whoever they might be? The questions are coming fast and furious. What the heck is going on? Am I under observation by the surveillance State? Why would Mossad and the CIA be looking at me? Am I seeing monsters where there aren’t any? Were there simply two private citizens, keenly interested in reading my work and sharing it with each other? Is it a completely innocent event or should I be concerned? And, if I should be concerned, what have I written which drew attention?

I’ll admit it. I’ve been hard on Trump (here and here), but then I didn’t cut Biden and Obama any slack either, and the revulsion I have for George W. Bush has oozed out of my quill pen on occasion. I hammered the Covid issue repeatedly and forcefully, especially the lack of courage shown by the Church. I haven’t written much about the issue of Israel in Gaza, but anytime it was mentioned was always negatively. I strongly opposed the forced sale of TikTok to a controlled consortium as a matter of “free speech” and condemned the extra-judicial murders of the Venezuelan fishermen. I dared to compare Renee Good to Vicki Weaver, which ought to have enraged both the Right and the Left if they were consistent in their hypocrisy. And, in the article just prior to this one, I noticed the similarity between Asimov’s Multivac and AI, our own modern version of digital control. Oh, and I called Anthony Fauci out as the Mouth of the Beast at a time when he was riding high in the saddle. I consider myself to be an equal-opportunity gadfly.

But, wait, as any good marketer would say, there’s more.

I also write about the slow, gradual, continual progression of my relationship with Jesus the Christ and the subsequent surrender to the leadings of the Holy Spirit. A few months back, I wrote about the spiritual turmoil I was experiencing in releasing the control of my life to God, understanding that complete trust would be required if I went down that path. Two weeks ago, I had a dream which seemed to confirm a definite shift in that direction. This raises the possibility that God, in His own inscrutable way, might be setting me up to see how far I will actually go in my faith. A real-world case, if you will, and I don’t intend to disappoint Him.

I am 67 years old. My sense of smell is completely gone. My hearing is quite bad and I have to rely on ear buds quite often to make out what others are saying. My eyesight, which used to be 99.9% perfect, now needs “cheaters” as a regular assistant, although, I still manage with only 1.5x. Slightly overweight, high blood pressure, beginning stages of prostate enlargement. You know, all the usual things which grow on an old man. I know that I am approaching the Grim Reaper, one day at a time, and there is nothing I can do about it. When that will happen is anyone’s guess.

In addition, I don’t have much piled up in the way of material possessions and have to rely on the piddling amount of Social Security I receive every month to keep body and soul together, along with any extra cash I can conjure up. I rent living quarters. My pickup is the most valuable piece of equipment I have. When I die, there won’t be much to move around and the executor will probably not even have to break a sweat to administer the estate.

This is brought out to say that my faith in God is the only real asset I possess which can be counted and relied on, and I intend to make it grow and prosper. Everything else is simply here until it’s gone, and then it’s gone.

With that said, let it be known that my work here will continue as it has been until I can no longer produce. Whether that cessation comes from death, physical or mental incapacity, or brute force visited on me is not important. What does matter is that the rest of my time on this Earth is spent, to the best of my ability, speaking His words after Him, speaking the truth, speaking out against the evil so pervasive in society, refusing to live in fear, making a difference for good whenever and wherever I can. I will not stop nor back down, no matter who is listening or watching.

“No man, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” — Luke 9:62

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” — Ecclesiastes 9:10

“There’s no stopping a man who knows he’s right and keeps a’coming.” — Louis L’Amour

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” — Jim Elliot

And the ultimate promise by Jesus Christ.

“Whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” — Matthew 16:25, Mark 8:35, Luke 9:24

Damn straight! I’ve only just begun to live.