I would have written this sooner but I’ve been hedging my bets, hoping that I wasn’t feeling what I was feeling. But I am. And here I am. Just briefly. Just to say this blog is in hiatus.
As if that wasn’t obvious already.
Three, four or five times daily I see or hear something that immediately starts spinning itself into a post but when I arrive home the urge to share is no longer present. Each time it happens I feel a stab of guilt that I have not written, that I have neglected my blogging duties. And therein lies the problem. Blogging feels like a duty, an obligation to fulfil rather than a pleasure to indulge. I have enough obligations in my life without adding something that was once fun to the list.
So I’m taking a break before I end up detesting even the idea of blogging. I don’t know how long it will last and when I come back I don’t know if it will be here, exactly. In the meantime, I’ll keep myself busy with knitting (nearly finished a sweater for D.), planning our trip in September (only two hotels and a rental car left to book — I’m very excited) and quietly lurking on my favourite blogs (over there, in the sidebar).
Thank you all for being patient with me. I’ll see you on the other side.
Aw, heck. I understand why, but I’m sad nevertheless. If you’re anywhere near southwest Germany during your September trip, promise me you’ll come and visit.
I also hope you’ll delurk sometimes to say hello.
Crap – I sure was missing you!
But as you say, better stop before you detest it…
I hope you enjoy all your other activities, and have fun in your september trip!
big hugs –
Damn. I hope it wasn’t going to come to this. Please stay in touch via facebook and email, okay? Just because you aren’t blogging doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about you. And I will keep you on my blogroll until you delete your blog or reincarnate.
Much love, Kerryn.
I completely understand and I agree it should be a pleasure not a chore or obligation. I’m being pretty lax about blogging myself at the moment because I have other stuff going on. I’ll stay subscribed to your feed and hope that sooner or later (preferably sooner!) you’ll get the urge again.
Certainly blogging should not be a chore but a delight. I will miss reading about your thoughts, and definitely will keep you on my feed.
Please don´t go away for good!
At this juncture, I can’t see this being a permanent thing (I’ve felt vague stirrings of an urge but I don’t want to rush it) and I’ll definitely be back before the big trip to the US in September.
Just checking to see if maybe you were going to get started up earlier! Hope you’re having a lovely summer. xo, L