HIATUS CALLED FOR

First I want to thank everyone who felt my pain in yesterdays post and left encouraging messages. I've said it before, YOU ARE THE BEST. When I first started blogging, I actually never thought I would meet so many wonderful, funny, informative, and talented people on such a global basis. What an amazing plus. I really just thought just my family and friends would be my only visitors and that was fine. I shake my head daily as I read your comments and check my site meter. Wow.


I wanted the discipline of a daily blog for I can be a procrastinator. Not just yesterday, but many days I have stared at a glowing screen with nothing to say. Plenty of ideas, just no words to frame them. Often I would force a post but that is not fair to either of us. We could both tell when I was struggling.

Amazingly, I actually got regular followers and that was an super high. For years there were a handful of blogs that I lurked on and admired. Suddenly some of those were reading my words. I know you know how great that is. Then my blog roll expanded and I saw just how many talented people there are out there.


If I did nothing else but read blogs, I would have an enjoyable but busy day. I know my list is meager compared to some of you. I really don't know how you keep up with daily blogs, still manage house holds, some of you also work for a living yet still have time to visit all your legions of visitors. My hat is SO off to you.

For a while my posts came easy. Slowly, I had to get up earlier and earlier to get all my reading and writing done but it was very much worth it. Visits to the computer through out the day became necessary to keep up. Slowly I started to neglect daily my duties--my weeds right now are staging a coup d'etat, the windows are getting hard to see out of, long walks have become less frequent, Old Yeller, my kayak is looking positively forlorn and novel reading is almost nonexistent.

I know a balance is attainable and that is what I am seeking. I am going to take a hiatus to put things in proper perspective and charge my batteries. I really can't rely on another lightning strike to do that for me. I may have to lose my grip on the "daily blog" idea and do what most of you do, blog when you actually have something to say. No one said I was quick but I usually do learn. All ready I feel more free and excited about the coming day. First thing is those darn weeds.

I do know I "need" to blog and to visit you all, so I will be back, just going on vacation. Plan to cut the umbilical cord to my computer so I won't be visiting during the hiatus. Will miss you and should be back soon. Thank you.