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| Once again... a male Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) photographed at the Cincinnati Zoo by Greg Hume. Retrieved via Wikimedia Commons. |
On 9 December 2013, I took a chance and made my first Tumblr blog. I'd heard a lot about the useful features of the site from friends who used it for more social purposes, but I saw its potential as a blogging platform and created a page called Archosaurophilia.
Ten years later, I'm still here! Woohoo!
To tell you all the honest truth, in that decade-long span, I've thought more than once about abandoning the project. I'm an inveterate multitasker at heart who struggles to dedicate attention evenly to her various projects, and the care and attention to research and accuracy required by this blog has sometimes proved a bit of a challenge.
Since I have no degrees or anything official to even vaguely correspond to the sciences, I've also felt on occasion when writing these blog posts and essays that I do not belong in this space. But the big smile on my face that always comes after finishing a long essay, like the pterosaur and dwarf crocodile posts from last year, always dispels that feeling.
So this ten-year anniversary is really a celebration of my own persistence, as well as my growth as a writer. Who knows? Maybe someday I'll be able to make an actual career in this field after all.
Thank you to everyone who's been along for the ride so far. Here's hoping for many years to come!
