Dear Readers,
Thank you for the many thoughtful comments and emails and especially for the joy of reading your blogs, insight into your lives, fun, and gorgeous photos from around the world to behold on my screen. I have enjoyed all of this interaction,savored it, reread your words, and appreciated our segment of the blogging community with its ironic, but not surprising, overlaps. As some of you have noticed, I was gone from the blogging world for several months and recently made a return in October by posting regularly until recently "like in the old days." I wish I could keep up that pace, but I have personal projects and goals that mean I need to make a choice in time allocation. I've been working on two books for a while (A humor one and a free verse poetry one.) I've also been asked to submit more of my writing to professional venues, so this visual artist (me) wants and needs to explore the written word in that fashion. Wish me luck!
The choice to take an indefinite blogging break has come after much introspection and the desire not to continue to recycle old posts as current ones "just to have a post up." I also love interaction and cannot justify only posting on my blog without returning the visits to each of yours and replying in the comment thread here. I do not have the time to do it all. Some people post and do not worry about visiting others. Well, that is fine for them but it is not my style, so I don't consider it an option to ask readers whether they'd rather I continued to post, but didn't reply or return visit nearly as often. Those goals include writing (and illustrating my own books) and photographing even more on a professional level than I have in the past.
I wish all of you peace, happiness, and fulfillment in your lives.You have brought joy and stimulation into my life. Thank you! Feel free to email me at soulcrayons(at)gmail(dot)com or comment here. Thank you for your kindness, encouragement, and internet friendship. I view all of you as real people and if I never return to blogging, please know that I will always cherish the connections we made. I adore writing and will greatly miss posting here. Know that I am channeling that time and energy towards broader publication goals. Best wishes to all!
Warmly,Gel aka Green-Eyed Lady
