My sister and I started The Bottom of Heaven a year ago as a place to ask questions about the innovative, the unexpected, and the neglected aspects of black American life and culture. But we are most grateful to you, our readers and commenters, for joining the conversation and helping us to grow as bloggers and as people.
You’ll notice a few small changes around here. We’ve changed our “about” page a little. We’ve revised the blogroll to celebrate the bloggers who visit our site regularly. We’ve decided to continue our recent trend of only updating once a week with new posts going up on the weekends. And, as you can see, we’ve changed the layout.
We hope that you will continue to visit us up here in The Bottom.
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Claudia’s Top Three Posts:
- “Uniqua’s Post-Racial Backyard?” – One of my earlier posts. I was hooked on blogging after I wrote about my Backyardigans dilemma. I had so much fun putting this together. It allowed me to reflect on questions of modern racial representation, my daughter’s favorite animated TV show, and even a little wisdom from James Baldwin.
- “WE VOTED TODAY!” - A small piece of history, my account of the day I took my daughter to vote for President Barack Obama. Every time I read it, I am reminded of how much pride I felt that day and it makes me feel joyful all over again.
- “A Dharma for Blues People” – This post about my spiritual journey may be my most confessional and I’m amazed by how much I learned about myself in the process of writing it. It is also fitting that this post quotes from Toni Morrison’s Sula, the novel that gives our blog its odd name.
A few stats:
- Most popular post: “TBoH’s Top 10 Villains in Black Popular Culture.”
- 10,747 total views
- 40 average visits per day
- 77 posts
- 481 comments and pingbacks
- 28 subscribers
Posted by jo on August 30, 2009 at 7:17 PM
wow. nice!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by jo on August 30, 2009 at 7:19 PM
which one of you is a net designer genius? i just realized you have your own domain and therefore designed all this stuff on your own! wooooooooooooooooow.
Posted by Claudia on August 30, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Thank you, jo! You were one of our very first readers and I’m so grateful. As far as the design goes – it’s all standard WordPress. We just changed the theme template. (And it only costs $10 for a domain name!) But I’m glad you like it.
Posted by zetta on August 30, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Happy anniversary! Yours is one of my favorite blogs to read. And I love the vibrant new design…
Posted by Doret on August 30, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Congrats ladies and Happy blogoversary, The new look is great. All the colors work so well together. I loved the Uniqua post
Posted by conseula on August 30, 2009 at 11:09 PM
love the new layout! and happy blogoversary!
Posted by Wilhelmina Jenkins on August 30, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Happy anniversary! Keep up the good work – it’s a terrific blog.
Posted by pprscribe on August 31, 2009 at 6:10 AM
Well, Happy Blogoversary to you both. (And I am loving the green pattern!) Thank you for all that you do and keep up the good work.
Posted by missincognegro on August 31, 2009 at 7:17 AM
¡Felicidades! May you and your blog have many more!
Posted by Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) on August 31, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Congrats on the blogiversary!
Posted by susan on August 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM
HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!
I’m a green kinda gal. Love the look.
Posted by theprisonerswife on August 31, 2009 at 4:31 PM
awww, Happy Blogiversary!
i’m glad i found you guys. you consistently deliver thought-provoking posts. i love it.
Posted by Rich Watson on August 31, 2009 at 11:23 PM
OOOOOOOOOOOHHH.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH.
Posted by Edi on September 1, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Happy Anniversary! Anything new planned?
Posted by carleen on September 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Congrats!