April License Plate Report

Only one new sighting in April, but it was a big one in every sense of the word: See Alaska in the upper left? Since Tam is an Alaskan malamute, we’re especially fond of Alaska.

April’s harvest is usually more abundant than this. In 2021 and 2023, I spotted four new plates in April, and in 2022 I scored a whopping eight. However, in 2022 that only brought the year-to-date tally up to 30, while this year it stood at 35. In 2021 and 2023, April closed with 36 and 34 states, respectively, on the map, so this year seems to be on track.

Fun fact: Alaska closed out April 2023 at #34. In 2022 it didn’t show up until August, and in 2021 it didn’t show up at all.

May preview: May isn’t half over, but there are already three more states on the map!

About Susanna J. Sturgis

Susanna edits for a living and writes to survive. Having been preoccupied with electoral politics since 2016, she is now getting back to writing -- and she's got plenty to write about. Her blog "The T-Shirt Chronicles," started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is a meandering memoir based on her out-of-control T-shirt collection. Her other blogs include "From the Seasonally Occupied Territories," about being a year-round resident of Martha's Vineyard, and "Write Through It," about writing, editing, and how to keep going.

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