[Updated below]
The three posts that appear directly below this one were all written yesterday and saved in draft form, which is why they’re appearing at all.
Due to a sudden and dramatic shift in my personal circumstances, I am putting this blog on an indefinite hiatus. I genuinely don’t know when I’ll be able to return. If it’s sooner, then so much the better; if it’s later, then we’ll meet again one day.
Farewell for now.
UPDATE 8-28-07: Thanks to everyone who has either commented or e-mailed with well-wishes; as ever, it means a great deal to me. While all this falls into the general category of “Stuff I won’t blog about except to mention in such vague terms that nobody but me will ever know what I’m really talking about here”, I can at least report that today things are better, and that my return will, in all likelihood, be in fact sooner rather than later.
However, it won’t be for a few days still, because I’m still too raw and too tired to write coherent postings about anything interesting. That being the case, I’m going to make this an “official” hiatus of definite length: unless something else happens, I’ll return to active blogging next Tuesday, the day after Labor Day.
Oh, and Jen: are we having a Christmas party? I think that would be great for all us denizens of the Buffalo Prefecture of Blogistan. We should discuss this.
See you all in September.
Come back soon…we’ll miss you
Take care and God bless
Be well yourself friend. Here’s hoping you are back tomorrow.
I hope you are back soon. It’s going to be hard to stop myself from checking your blog two or three times every day.
Will you still be available via email and reading/commenting on other blogs?
Hope you’re okay. Hope you can come back soon.
Best,
SF
You’re still coming to the Christmas party ;)I didn’t buy overalls not to have you see me in them with a Santa Hat in a few months ya know!!!
Take your time you need off. We’ll be waiting for you…
*Hugs*
I’ll be thinking of you often and wishing all the best for you. Hope to see you here again soon.
Vicki
You’ll be missed, sir. Dare I ask what has happened?
Be well! We’ll await your return, and hope all is well.
Oh, my. I check in on your blog intermittently (at least once a month) to see how things are going, enjoy your inimitable style and thoughts. What a day I picked to check back in! Hope you’ll be well, also, and are soon able to get back to all the things you enjoy doing.
Be well.
Ai! Laurië lantar lassi súrinen,
yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!
Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier
mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lírinen.
Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?
An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbë met,
ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!
Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar!
Nai elyë hiruva! Namárië!
You will be missed.
Steph
My curiosity is aroused… I hope this “sudden and dramatic shift” is not bad, as everyone automatically assumes. Perhaps you won a free trip around the world on a ship that doesn’t have Internet-capable communications, and it leaves, oh, this afternoon at 3:30?
Seriously, Jaq, I really hope everything will go well, and I hope to see you back on the blog soon…
Come back, Shane. Whose posts will I be able to rip off?
Seriously, peace and best of luck until whenever.
What they all said. There’s little else I can add beyond my own best wishes.
Looking forward to your return, whenever it might be. Be well, and take care of yourself!
I’m so glad you’re not leaving permanently. Hope your week off will leave you feeling less raw and tired.
I was glad to see the update, and that you will be back soon. Please know that me and my family keep you in our thoughts daily.
*hugs Kelly and the family*
You stay strong, curse the cosmos, do what you have to do right now. If you need anything let me know.
thinking about you
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