[Magdalen] decline of this list

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Glad to see you!  I have fond ties to West Texas. My mother and aunt grew
up there wintering in Alpine and summering on the ranch out from town. I am
in touch with the current owner sporadically. He is trying organic
ranching. 😀

Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda


On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM Robert Counselman <bob.counselman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just checked my gmail account and found and wonderful cache of messages
> from people I haven’t heard from in ages!!  Delightful!  I, too, abandoned
> Facebook a long time ago.
>
> I retired (sort of) to Texas more than 10 years ago and of recent days have
> been discovered by the Diocese of West Texas and am now supplying in Eagle
> Pass and Carrizo Springs on alternate weeks. Keeps me busy as each is a 75
> or 80 mile trip one way. Glad I can still be of use as there isn’t much
> else happening out here in the sticks!
>
> Great to see so many familiar names in the emails!
>
> Let’s keep those emails coming!  Big A seems alive again.
>
> Fr. Robert L Counselman,
> Retired
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 at 11:48 am, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Me too!
> >
> > Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM Marion Thompson <
> > marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Looking at the shift between 2019 and 2020, I'd say the List was
> another
> > > victim of COVID..
> > >
> > > Marion, a pilgrim   ...today my sail I lift .;;;
> > >
> > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 at 11:58, Simon Kershaw <simon at kershaw.org.uk>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Here we are, just two weeks into 2025, and we have already seen 74
> > > > messages, 75 with this one, surpassing all of last year, and over
> half
> > > > way to 2023's total.
> > > >
> > > > If we were to keep up this amount of traffic we'd be up at 2019
> levels
> > > > of some 1800 messages. But I don't suppose we shall!
> > > >
> > > > simon
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 02/01/2025 12.49, Simon Kershaw wrote:
> > > > > Many moons ago, before this list began, I used to collate monthly
> > > > > statistics on a predecessor list. The original aim of those posts
> was
> > > to
> > > > > try and keep the number of posts down and to name and shame the
> most
> > > > > frequent posters.
> > > > >
> > > > > But looking today at the number of posts here over the last 8 years
> > it
> > > > > is clear that there has been a precipitous decline in posting. Even
> > as
> > > > > recently as 2021 there was an average of more than a post a day. In
> > > 2024
> > > > > the average was only slightly more than a post a week. Seven years
> > > > > earlier there were over 100 posts a week.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2017: 5443 messages across 1350 threads
> > > > >
> > > > > 2018: 3954 messages across 872 threads
> > > > >
> > > > > 2019: 1853 messages across 375 threads
> > > > >
> > > > > 2020: 1518 messages across 219 threads
> > > > >
> > > > > 2021: 500 messages across 87 threads
> > > > >
> > > > > 2023: 336 messages across 52 threads
> > > > >
> > > > > 2023: 132 messages across 25 threads
> > > > >
> > > > > 2024: 67 messages across 16 threads
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > simon
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Simon Kershaw
> > > > simon at kershaw.org.uk
> > > > Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>