Today my blog turns four

by Alex

Today my blog turns four. On previous anniversaries I was able to reflect back on the blog’s history and its twists and turns over time. After four years, however, these begin to fade into the background. Come to think of it — what did I do this year? A year ago I had just moved to Hawaii and finished my first semester teaching fulltime, and was struggling to finish my dissertation. In the 365 days since then I’ve defended my dissertation, gained experience and confidence teaching, started Savage Minds, released the paper version of AHATPOLS, started the digital version of its sequel, got on the AnthroSource Steering Committee, and sent off a couple of pieces for publication which are _still_ not in print.

Hey, that sounded pretty impressive. But the best part of all: I got engaged. Huzzah!

It’s been a full year for me and I have two more pieces to send off to publishers before break is over, so I’m afraid I don’t have time to wax philosophical even though this is definitely the time to do so. So good luck and keep going and… happy new years everyone!