One Year

It's hard to believe, but this humble blog turns 1 today.

I still remember wracking my brain trying to come up with a name for the blog: Straddling the Hyphen (no cute jokes Manola), On the Hyphen, Cuban-American connoisseur (just kidding), and countless others that I have forgotten. Thank goodness I came to my senses and "26th Parallel" fell on my lap.

I think I've pretty much stuck to my original focus, with a few deviations and inactivity mixed in. Thanks to all of you who read this blog, it's still hard to believe that anyone out there is interested in reading my thoughts. Strange thing, this blogging stuff can be. I just wish I had more time for it.

Thanks to all the fine blogs listed in my blogroll, for your inspiration and support. Thanks to all the blogs which I frequently visit but haven't had the chance to add to my blogroll yet.

I must, of course, give special thanks to my blogdad Val for lighting the blogging fire inside of me.

Here's a look back at an early post on Spring in South Florida which is once again upon us (too bad most of the yellow tabs got blown down by Katrina and Wilma).

Gracias. Merci. Thanks.