The AmeriNZ Blog is sixteen

This blog is now sixteen years old. That’s a much a surprise to me as it is to anyone else, but here we are.

I published my first post, “I live in a land downunder. No, the other one…” on September 13, 2006 at 10:53pm NZST, and what followed was, at its core, a log of my experiences and interests—my journey—over the years that followed. It was what I expected it would continue to be, but, of course, that all changed when Nigel died. As I said about this journey of mine in last year’s blogaversary post, “I’m nowhere near adjusted to my new reality,” and that’s absolutely still the case. So, too, is that fact that I continue document my journey.

Just like yesterday’s anniversary of my first arrival in New Zealand, this one is another that has more specific meaning for me than for most people (since it’s about my blog), but I intend to keep acknowledging it until I stop blogging. That’s a certainty, by the way—that one day this blog will end—but not the timing or circumstances. It’s entirely possible that it’ll end because I have, because I too well understand how unpredictable life is. However, I’ve always said (as I have about my podcast, too), I’ll never end this blog without saying something, though now I understand that I should add, “if possible”.

There’s another thing, too, though: This anniversary, like yesterday’s, falls in a month I hate because of the horrible anniversary a week from today. That means that positive anniversaries, or anything positive, really, are especially welcome this month. So, of course I’ll mark this one, and yesterday’s.

As I have for a few years now, I wrote this post in advance of its publication and set it to auto-publish at the exact moment I published my original post sixteen years ago, because I can. It’s something else that probably only has significance for me, but, as I said last year, “It’s one of the few traditions I have left.” It’s a silly tradition, maybe, and unimportant, sure, but it’s mine, and I’m continuing it—just like this blog.

As always, thanks for joining me on the journey so far.

Previous posts on my blogoversaries:

Anniversary Time (2007)
Blogoversary 2 (2008)
Anniversaries Three and Fourteen (2009)
Fourth blogoversary (2010)
Fifth blogoversary (2011)
Sixth blogoversary (2012)
Seventh Blogoversary (2013)
Ten years of the AmeriNZ Blog (2016)
The AmeriNZ Blog is eleven (2017)
The AmeriNZ Blog is twelve (2018)
The AmeriNZ Blog is thirteen (2019)
The AmeriNZ Blog is fourteen (2020)
The AmeriNZ Blog is fifteen (2021)