Kalyn’s Kitchen Turns 21! Every year on April 24 I acknowledge my blog turning another year older, and share thoughts about that.I’ll always be grateful that my talented brother Rand inspired me to start a food blog! But I did write a lengthy post last year for , so this year I’m trying to keep it shorter.I will always be grateful! I still want to emphasize the deep gratitude I feel for the many, many people who have supported and helped me.

And my barely tech-savvy senior citizen brain has been depending on smart younger people to help me with technology for many years! I’m also more thankful than ever for the many faithful readers who have followed my blog for years and sent me kind feedback.I’m not planning to retire, but ..

.People ask me regularly when I plan to retire from the blog! But I’m still working on the site almost every day editing recipes and adding improvements, so I’m not really thinking about that! But I’m not going to lie; the internet has changed in many ways that make running a website harder and less rewarding.I miss the days when the food blog world was a kinder and gentler place, with less competition! Now search engines demand specific formats that can make navigating recipes confusing to readers.

And these days operating a website means paying for lots of monthly services to stay current and keep things working.Those costs keep going up while earnings keep going down.Social Media is a challenge t

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