bookmark_border2025 recap and plans for 2026

Now that the new year is officially underway, it's time for my annual recap of the past year and confirmation of plans for the upcoming twelve months. 2025 saw a grand total of thirty-one blog posts, the first of them presenting a trio of ticket stubs for the former Capri Theatre in Dallas, and the final one picturing the ascent of the Bank of America building in downtown Dallas ascending into the morning fog. My original plan for the year was to publish blog updates weekly, a goal which was definitely attainable, but one which I ultimately fell short of meeting. The reasons for this are varied, but in short they had to do with time requirements involved for multiple deeply researched posts, outside commitments, and, by the latter part of the year, personal considerations outside the scope of this blog. I stopped work almost entirely for over a month late in 2025, and between October and December, only three blog posts were made, two of them being very low effort. I started off the year stronger than I finished it.

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bookmark_border2024 recap and looking ahead to 2025

2024 was a bit of a mixed bag as far as this site is concerned. I started out pretty strong, lost focus somewhat, and worked to bring things back together at the end. All told, a total of twenty-eight blog posts made it to publication, along with thirteen album comparisons and (barely) four road trip galleries. I'm going to reflect a bit on what I was able to accomplish and on the areas in which I was lacking.

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