The view counter would help around here. I think I have quite a few quiet observers, which is fine, but I'd like to know them at least a bit.
That's good to hear your blog got noticed. Funny how I don't often get there to see what you're up to, but that post I did see ended up being the one others saw. You keep your chin up as well. Though many will roll their eyes when I encourage people to grind it out organically, I still think it's worth it, and I do see results.
Whenever I get a little demoralized, something good usually happens to shake me out of it but I'm worried about a minnow I adopted. He noticed that it's quiet and he seems to be posting less. I'm not helping him much with my upvote half what it was.