Category Archives: license plates
June License Plate Report
As promised: Here’s the June report, with the West Coast finally complete: Washington state and Oregon are finally blue — as they are in political life too, thank heavens. Our year-to-date total now stands at 38. In June, my T-Shirt … Continue reading
May License Plate Report
No, your calendar doesn’t lie — we’re closing in on the end of July and I’m just now getting around to posting the May license plate report. June will follow shortly, and I promise July will be more or less … Continue reading
April License Plate Report
Yes, you read the title right: The calendar says May 27, but this is the April license plate report. And no, you didn’t miss the March license plate report, because there wasn’t one. I didn’t spot any new plates in … Continue reading
February License Plate Report
Sorry for very late posting — contrary to the usual, February seemed very long but March so far has been flying by, probably because I’ve been busy work- and otherwise. All in all, it was a very good February in … Continue reading
January 2023 License Plate Report
Spotting half the states in January is pretty good and not unusual, but will you take a look at the map, specifically at #8 and #10? OMG. #8 is Mississippi and #10 is North Dakota, the eternally elusive, the Holy … Continue reading
2022 License Plate Report
Three states were still missing when the clock ran out on 2022, but it’s a great year when not only Alaska and Hawaii are on the map but so are South and North Dakota. NB: There was no November report … Continue reading
October License Plate Report
Sorry to be so late with this one: state names have been swirling through my head, but they weren’t on license plates, and I don’t remember ever obsessing so much about Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia in particular. All three of … Continue reading
September License Plate Report
September wasn’t nearly as spectacular as the Best August on Record, but I did pick up Alabama. The 2022 tally now stands at 46, with Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, and West Virginia still AWOL. In the last three months of … Continue reading
August License Plate Report
Best. August. Ever! Which you might have surmised because here I am posting on the first of the month instead of waiting a week, or, in the case of June, almost a month. I went back over the last 10 … Continue reading
July License Plate Report
Unlike the June report, July is being posted in a reasonably timely fashion. It really is August 6. Compare the top of this map to the top of June’s and you’ll see that July was a very good month: only … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 