On July 15, 2004, Counting Stars began its journey online, a journey that has taken it to many countries.<\/p>\n
There are many news and opinion spaces online these days, but I think few can say that in 21 years they haven't received or requested a single cent of public money of any kind:<\/strong> no subsidies, no institutional advertising, no institutional subscriptions... nothing. Obviously, that has certain drawbacks. Here, the media are scarce and depend on my personal resources, but there's one priceless advantage: no one dictates what I have to write<\/strong>. No governments, no political parties, no companies, no organizations of any kind. The only limit here is the one set by my principles<\/a>. Being able to write with complete freedom is something I particularly appreciate<\/strong>, and I wouldn't change that for anything.<\/p>\n Of course, not being tied to any one organization often means having to swim against the current<\/strong>, but I think many people recognize the value of that. This site has received nearly 800,000 visits in the last month<\/strong>, according to Google Analytics.<\/p>\n This blog is now viewed in 190 countries<\/strong>, a number that, to be honest, leaves me overwhelmed. 71% of the audience of this site is from Spain<\/strong>, 6.35% of readers from the USA<\/strong>, 2.05% from Venezuela<\/strong>, 1.92% from Chile<\/strong>, 1.82% from Peru<\/strong>, 1.67% from Argentina, 1.67% from Mexico<\/strong>, 0.97% from Uruguay<\/strong>, 0.78% from the United Kingdom<\/strong> and 0.75% from Colombia<\/strong>. I would like to mention five countries that are particularly important to me: 630 readers (0.18%) from Poland<\/strong>, 248 (0.07%) from Israel<\/strong>, 130 (0.04%) from Ukraine<\/strong>, 83 (0.02%) from the Republic of China (Taiwan)<\/strong> and also a single reader from Vatican City<\/strong> (this made me very happy).<\/p>\n I would have liked to have been able to debut some changes on this anniversary,<\/strong> but my personal circumstances have prevented me from doing so. I hope to be able to implement them gradually over the coming months. Of course, don't worry: this blog will remain what it has always been.<\/strong> The changes will be purely functional, to slightly improve your reading experience.<\/p>\n I thank God and the intercession of Saint John Paul II<\/strong>, the saint to whom I have the greatest devotion, for his help in the most difficult moments. I dedicate this anniversary to my family<\/strong>, who are the solid pillar on which this site rests, and I also express my special thanks to Isaac<\/strong>, without whose IT help this blog would possibly succumb to the multitude of computer attacks it suffers. <\/p>\n My thanks also to the subscribers and those who follow this blog on different social networks or visit it daily.<\/strong> Sometimes it's strange to think that among you there are many people who weren't even born when this blog first started. I hope I can continue to live up to the attention you give me<\/strong> and the valuable time you dedicate to reading this site.<\/p>\n I want to end these lines with two quotes that I really like. One is from Miguel de Cervantes<\/strong> and appears in Chapter 53 of \"Don Quixote\":<\/p>\n Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon mankind<\/strong>; no treasures that the earth holds nor the sea conceals can equal it; for liberty, as for honor, one can and should risk one's life.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The other is by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/strong>, my favorite writer, and appears in Book 1, Chapter 1 of \"The Fellowship of the Ring,\" the first volume of \"The Lord of the Rings.\" It's the poem I've repeated the most on this blog:<\/p>\n The Road goes ever on and on On July 15, 2004, Counting Stars began its journey online, a journey that has taken it to many countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10689],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-logbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDown from the door where it began.
\nNow far ahead the Road has gone,
\nAnd I must follow, if I can,
\nPursuing it with eager feet,
\nUntil it joins some larger way
\nWhere many paths and errands meet.
\nAnd whither then? I cannot say.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"