I posted the following at Clayversity on January 7, 2006.

This is my first anniversary at Clayversity. When I joined last January 7 little did I know what a wonderful part of my life this Board would be. It was months before I posted and when I did I was so nervous that I hesitated a while before I hit "add reply". Someone had asked what kind of watch Clay wears and I knew the answer as I had noticed it when I saw him in the Grand Forks Target the day before the first concert of the NaT. It was so amusing as the discussion went on for pages (it must have been a slow night) with so many people asking me questions both on the Board and by PM. Matt posted pictures from the Morvado web site so I could identify the exact watch. I had a great time and realized that I should get involved in more discussions. I still don't post a lot (although I just noticed that I passed 200 posts and didn't realize it) but I am not so nervous now as I feel I am among friends. Leroy was the first person to welcome me here followed quickly by Queensmum and I remember thinking --wow, people in different areas of the U.S. are reading my post.

One of my highlights was meeting Leroy, rcknrllmom, Champion, Clayla, Lindspe and fellow Canadian Christel in Minneapolis. It was so nice to put faces to names and what a great night that was.

My one and only half decent picture from the Minneapolis JN05.

And a picture I took at the Vancouver JN05.

I am still amazed that we can listen to a concert hundreds of miles away live and usually within less than two hours after the end of a concert we have video. I can't imagine how many hours Hockeydonna, dancermom and others put in to get everything up and running. The commitment by caperkeeper doing the stream every night was also huge.

These are wonderful times and the growth of Clay and Clayversity is truly mind boggling (sp?--I wish CV had spell check ). This should be another great year in the Clay world with the CD release, promotion and hopefully tours and it will be so great to share it with everyone here at Clayversity. Leroy maybe he will even come to Boondockville, ND.