Ten years!
"Genuine engagement for me has been dwindling for the past few years here" -
You write splendid posts and poems - if YOU lack the numbers of followers and fans, there is no hope for anyone. Except the pulp fiction/Influencer types. They seem to get the attention. Recently I beta-read a YA novel with all the slapstick, over-acting, and over-REACTing of Scooby Doo and Jurassic Park. Sadly, this stuff sells. Subtle and sophisticated, understated, profound: not gonna sell.

Do keep me posted! I'm sorry I haven't been on Hive much. AT ALL. Why. Well, everytime I check in, three hours will fly by, and I've fallen down another rabbit hole.

You have generously shared your time and talent here. "Engagement" may be down, but I'm confident you have a lot more fans and followers than you think - they just don't take time to respond.

Overwhelm. Too many things competing for our attention.

Thanks - summer is over - I'll enjoy autumn a lot more (looking forward to that killing frost to end the biting bugs and poison ivy).

Thank you for all the time and talent you share here. :)