I launched my first blog on January 3, 2010. As of today (August 16, 2025), it’s been 15 years, 7 months, 1 week, and 6 days since that date. For reference, that’s 5,704 days in total—814 weeks and 6 days. Following the passing of Uyen, my first wife, in May of 2011, I began posting daily. In all, I’ve posted 5,195 individual blogs.
I write about this and that. I repeat
myself. I’ve littered the space with typos, dangling participles, and likely
violated rules without proper names. I’ve wept while writing some blogs. I’ve
guffawed. I’ve cursed.
I’ve also printed out every one of my
blogs and collected them in three-ring binders. Today, I’m sharing a photograph
of the binders documenting my journey from 2010 until now. I placed a Cold
Smoke beer on one of the shelves as a size reference. The beer is
incidental—the writing is what truly measures the years.
—Mitchell Hegman
And I think I’ve read all of them daily since 2013 and went back to read the ones before that. Just a part of my daily ritual before I read the news. Keep writing Mitch. Thank you. Allen
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from you! I think about you often. You and Kim brought a lot of joy into Uyen's life. Thanks for bring there!
DeleteYou’re very welcome. My wife was happy to have a Vietnamese friend close by.
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