Mesozoic Mind: Brief Thoughts on 2024

Well its been a long hard year at Mesozoic Mind, ending in climate change-incuded bad weather, and I have not made as much as I would have liked. Intrusive thoughts were a big problem for me all the while.

I started college in September, so that pretty much put a damper on this blog too. You can tell I've had other projects too the way quality tapers as it goes on. Trying to get two per month like I wanted was a bad idea.

It wasn't all bad though. I visited the Redpath Museum and did not disappoint, and revisited the Field Museum.

I do hope to resume this blog, if sparingly. I've got a few in the pipeline ready to restart.

And in fact, next year i'm going to Alberta, meaning I hopefully will see the Royal Tyrell Museum, the Mecca of canadian palaeontology.

See ya soon... hopefully.

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