2008 into 2009

It’s been an interesting and busy year for me here at TheSpaceWriter’s Blog.  I’ve been immensely pleased and flattered by your interest in what I have to say, and thankful for the many friends who have linked to this blog.  I do my best to thank everybody as the links and mentions come in, so if I’ve missed anybody, please accept my thanks here.  Also, please have a look at the links in my Blogroll as well as my “other blogs that link to me” page.

In addition, I want to thank my friends Phil Plait and Pamela Gay for linking to and mentioning me occasionally in their well-written Badastronomy.com and Starstryder.com blogs.  I’ve known both of them for years and admire the work they do.  I think they admire me, so it all works out pretty well.

Some new folks to add to  my link roll:  the ladies who run Find Schools Online, a site that has pointers to online educational resources. They’ve named TheSpacewriter’s Ramblings as one of their Top 100 Space and Astronomy Blogs, which pleases me greatly.  Thanks, folks!

Thanks to all my readers and commenters for cogent and thoughtful reading and discussions both online and behind the scenes.  And, finally, thanks to Mark who — as my partner in life and in Loch Ness Productions — often points me to new and interesting things to write about.

It’s been a great year blogging and I look forward to continuing my conversations with all of you in 2009!