My mother let me know I had not been writing.  She called to inform me of this.  "You're not writing."  She said.  "I am writing.  I'm writing papers."  "I don't want to read your papers, you need to write on your blog.  Do you know how many times you've written since August?"

She keeps statistics and monitors writing trends now.

"Mom, I started working on a Master's degree in August.  I've been busy writing for that."

"Well maybe you've taken on too much."

"No, I cut out things to make time to study."

"Well, if it's going to cut into your posting on the blog you may want to evaluate whether or not you have time for a Master's degree."

And so, for Mom, two new posts and some photos of her grandchildren which I know are the only reasons she logs on in the first place.