This blog will be on hiatus for a while. The truth of the matter is that there are just too many demands on my time from the people in my life who need me. By the same token, when I do have a few precious moments of free time, there are simply other ways in which I wish to spend them. Something has to give.
And so, farewell for now. I have enjoyed the blogging experience, all in all. I’ve made some friends along the way, and I have had the pleasure and privilege of learning that some other people think I write well. On my last poem, Annie commented, “When you find that place where your poetry lives, no one does it better. Perfect from beginning to end…”.
There is no better feeling than reading words like that, especially when they come from one whom I hold in high esteem, as a writer and a blogger.
As for the unanswered comments, all I can say is that I did indeed read and appreciate each comment. I realize now I should have answered each one as it showed up, rather than allowing them to accumulate with the idea that I would answer them all at once. Somehow, they just got away from me and I never caught up. But I want everyone to know that all those comments meant a great deal to me.
And so, farewell. For now. Somehow I just don’t believe that this is it. I’m thinking of this as an extended hiatus. I do believe I will be back, although I cannot say when. In the meantime, thanks to all for the support, encouragement, and love you have shown me over the past few years.
-Smith
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