Last week, I wrote about facing burnout after running WUWT over 10 years without having any real vacation during that time. I’ll have to say, I’m overwhelmed by the response, the well wishes, and the offers for help.
It’s gratifying to know that I have friends around the world, some vocal regulars, some occasional commenters, and some silent readers. I heard from many people who were first time commenters, and many regulars too. I had suggested that I take a month off, and more than a few said that’s not enough time. Looking back, I think they are right.
I’ve received a kind offer to go to New Zealand, with offers of lodging and I’ll be taking up that offer in July. If there are readers in NZ that would like to meet up, feel free to drop a comment, or use the contact form. I may even be persuaded to give a short talk while there as I did when I toured Australia on a speaking tour back in 2010 😉
Following that, I’m headed into the mountains of the Sierra Nevada for three weeks, and then I’m going to cap off my hiatus with a visit to southern Oregon to view the total solar eclipse in August. I think it will be a fitting ending for a much needed break – to see one of the most awesome natural wonders. I’ve never seem a total solar eclipse, but I have witnessed several partial solar eclipses, and one annular eclipse.
There are so many people that deserve my thanks, and I’m awed by the outpouring of support. On an ironic note, one person in particular deserves mention, and that’s Dr. Michael Mann. Had he not tweeted this…
…I probably would not have had the outpouring of support I had. I mean wow, 698 comments.
Charles the Moderator is organizing a new moderation team (thanks to all who volunteered) and there will be new guest authors publishing during my hiatus. I’d also like to thank Ric Werme, who rebuilt the WUWT sea ice page last weekend, which had been plagued by roadblocks thrown my way by wordpress.com and by some of the providers themselves.
When I return in late August, I’ll start overhaul on other elements of WUWT, so that it keeps going strong for another 10 years. I may pop in for an occasional update, or if something catches my eye, write about it.
My sincere thanks to all and best regards – Anthony
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Many thanks Anthony! Enjoy the upcoming NZ adventure! Well deserved! Forget about MM for a while, he doesn’t deserve a minute of our attention. Although, his tweet made me open the wallet for you!
Without your blog’s informative articles and push-back to the alarmist folks, we would probably be paying much higher taxes. So I hope that our monetary support last week buys you at least a fine lunch while in the deep south of this wonderful planet. I wish you well and hope that this trip will freshen up the brains and get you enough energy for another 10 years…..
Hi Anthony
I am in Raglan NZ. (2 hours south of Auckland). Most people head for the snow and mountains of the South Island this time of the year but if you want to spend time in the central North Island I would enjoy a meet up over lunch or the like. I can give pretty strong briefings on geology and farming systems
When it comes to weather NZ is a moody girl. Much of the NI enjoys 60 + inches of rain but lovely warm winter sun can break through at any time at which time we will look very green. Dairy cows a mostly dry, being kept on rations until they calve in July-August. Banks of feed (pasture) are building up ahead of them so the easier lowlands will be looking very lush. You wont see many sheep unless you get off the beaten track. They are out there on the hills, 30 million of them, due to start lambing in August.
Should wine and viticulture be of interest I suggest a wine tour in Hawkes Bay or Marlborough. A search should find them. Marlborough in particular is one of NZ’s great success stories. 40 years ago there was virtually not a vine in the place. One company recognised the environment and took the plunge
Cheers
Michael C
Don’t for get Martinborough in the Wairarapa.
Here’s hoping for you to have the best vacation ever! I’ll be watching for the occasional post, and looking forward to your return in August!
Anthony
Enjoy your well deserved break! You’ve started a movement that is unstoppable.
Glad to see such a great response to your request. A response you more than earned.
No greater satisfaction than knowing you live rent free in your chief tormentor’s mind.
I’m so grateful to you, Anthony, for giving Canadians a forum for intelligent feedback on the intransigence we face up here regarding the alarmist propaganda we’re being fed on a daily basis. The horrors of the industrial wind turbine fiasco in Ontario are the direct result of this deception.
I spend almost every evening learning through the conversations on this site. The wit of the people you’ve attracted to this site appeals to me.
You deserve the best of everything.
Hello Sommer! I’m in the Niagara Peninsula and have a score of those 600-foot monstrosities within two kilometers of me. Hope your situation is a little better.
Thanks for all your work over the years – please come back after a well earned break. By the way we had “record breaking ” temperature today in the UK of 33.9C ..ie exactly the same as June 1976 !
Hey, what are you doing posting? You’re supposed to be on vacation 🙂
Stop it! Here is an oldie but a goodie. May you find and have a ton of fun in your Margaritaville
Cheers and happy holidays.
I’d trade locales (winter da’n undah) for a few days. I envy you. Enjoy seeing constellation Orion standing on his head – and in the northern sky, moving the wrong direction! Still can’t get over that. Also thanks for the tip, I wasn’t aware a total eclipse was coming.
While you are in Godzone (New Zealand) it is a short hop across the ditch (Tasman Sea) to super natural Tasmania. If you would like to come to Launceston Anthony, I will be glad to show you the island that Errol Flynn suggested to Adolf that he keep for himself.
Have a great time off Anthony. I am thinking that Dr. Mann should consider subjecting his Tweets to peer review before publishing them. I hope that there is a direct and reverse relationship between your enjoyment over the next few months and Dr. Mann’s misery.
Anthony
It’s incredible to think of the monster you have created in your website to fight the fight against the greatest moral issue of our times, Global Warming Alarmism. As has been evidenced by the responses you have had you have created an army of loyal followers to fight for the future of civilisation as we know it. I am in awe of the courage you have shown in maintaining the site so effectively against a massive and well funded opposition. With the appointment of Trump the tide is definitely turning and the screams and wails of the warmists is testament to how much progress has been made. There are still huge numbers of warmists in denial and I can only hope that in Australia the global warming spell that has entranced our politicians and institutions will one day be broken but in the mean time I get great pleasure and knowledge from the site.
So, enjoy your well earned break and hopefully you can do a short detour to Australia where there are a huge number of silent supporters like myself who would like to make you welcome.
Have a great time in New Zealand, Anthony. Michael Mann deserves a one-way ticket to central Antarctica for his miserable comments.
-80ish atm!!
Agreed with ntesdorf. Rest up in NZ Anthony, you deserve it.
Agreed with ntesdorf. Rest up in NZ Anthony, you deserve it.
The only reason I said nothing is that I didn’t want you to go…
But you had your own life to gallop.
Wherever you are, wherever you may be, always remember to relax and enjoy because:
It’s Five O’clock Somewhere (my favorite version) Enjoy!!!
All the best Anthony! Have a nice break.
Have fun storming the castle!
New Zealand is beautiful, the north and south islands. Getting excited?? Have a fabulous holiday. All the best, Faye from Oz.
Bon Voyage.
Mann wants to be seen as a serious scholar, and he behaves like that?
Well deserved, Anthony! Wishing you safe travels and enriching experiences.
New Zealand, woohoo! No GW in the SH!! Charles has my email address, drop me a line I’d love to catch up while your here. Enjoy the hiatus.
Glad to have helped.
Erich (a long time “silent reader”}\)
Good travels, and thanks for all the great information over the years. This is probably my third comment since I started following you many, many years ago, but your site is a wealth of real information amidst all the drivel. I cannot imagine what a work load this site has been, but please know the work has been well appreciated. (Now if only you could get those dastardly oil companies to cough up a few seven figure checks, eh?)