So here’s the deal: I like my blog. I like hearing from the 50 or so people who read my blog – whether it be an actual comment (but let’s be real, I get like 2 of those a month) or a remark in person or through email – I like knowing that people out there exist, and people out there benefit, to some extent, from my recipes, ramblings, and whatever.
I like that I can talk to you, without talking to you. Whatever.
But writing a blog for almost 4 years takes a lot of time, a lot of energy, and a lot of effort. Reading a post every week is a ton easier, I promise.
And so, given that, I had pretty much decided that I had about 1 more post in me. And we’d be finished here. No more food photo-editing, no more recipe-writing, no more working on a post during any spare minute I had. No more remembering to post on Twitter and Facebook. No more linking to Pinterest. No more trying really hard to get a picture on Tastespotting, or hoping to get hundreds of comments and new readers.
But then I remembered that I also write this blog for me. I like to keep track of what I cook – my own site to highlight my favorite recipes, my food stories (and non-food stories, too), my travels. And I LOVE that if I want to remember how many times I’ve written about fried chicken, all I have to do is head to the recipe page and look. I love that I can easily find my granola recipe (even though I practically know it by heart now) and remember how I make pie dough that is awesomely flaky by finding the most recent pie I made (which has been a while ago, actually).
You see, it’s all of those things, taken together, that I can’t bring myself to let go of. I love this place because it’s mine, and because of that, I’m keeping it.
There.
But my compromise to myself is that I just won’t be up here quite as much. Life is short, time flies by way too quickly, and I can’t be bothered to tie myself down to a schedule. So you might see me here every two or three weeks, sometimes more, and sometimes a lot less, I’m imagining.
I’m sure each and every one of you (which, if you care, is actually closer to a couple hundred instead of 50 because I totally don’t keep good track of stats. whoopsie! and yay!) will understand. And hopefully, you’ll still stick around.
Because when I get around to it, I have some tasty morsels to share, including another round of fried chicken (+ waffles! holy moly.) and finally, a pizza that I didn’t wrestle with (although, I still had to have a little more patience than I care for…).
But for now, I’m off to Boston for a few days. It conference-time again, and I get to see some buddies and if I’m lucky, eat some clam chowdah and lobstah.
Peace-out.
I for one enjoy ur blog. Have fun and happy writing! I look forward to whatever u dish out! Pun intended!
PS….another reunion is around the corner!
Keep it up! I completely understand the drag that blog writing can be, but even if you just write once a month, years from now it’ll keep on giving!
Even though I get to hear, and eat, the majority of what is written about here, I very much enjoy reading your musings. They offer me a bit of you during my work day, cause I just can get enough. Glad you are staying on the World Wide Web for us all to enjoy.
I completely understand and that’s why I got rid of mine as well! Only I actually deleted mine because stupid typepad charges per month. Which means, when I’m meal planning, I can’t just go look up a recipe anymore, and I have to remember what website/cookbook/yadda yadda I got it from! Quite frustrating! Enjoy your blog break. You are a great writer and I love that you’ll continue to keep the site up for when the muse visits 🙂
PLEASE DONT LEAVE US. IF ITS JUST ONCE A MONTH THAT YOU CAN SPARE WE WILL BE WAITING. WE JUST LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!!! I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES LIFE CAN BE A BIT OVERWHELMING.
Yay! I’m glad you decided to keep writing even if it is a little less frequent. I like hearing your stories and being inspired to try cooking new things (sometimes I follow through on actually making them, but it usually just makes me miss you b/c I used to get to help you eat your dishes).
Have fun in Boston!
I guess this would encourage more frequent flights out West to eat more, I mean to visit you guys.
Hi Heather,
I regret that I haven’t commented more on your posts. I look forward to them sooo much and have made several of your recipes. They have helped Paul expand his palate as we all know what a traditionalist he has been when it comes to food! We also enjoy your travel notes and beautiful photos; thrilled that you have become such hikers and explorers. Understanding how busy life is for everyone, we will happily enjoy whatever and whenever you post!
So glad you’re not giving up your blog. I really love it!