Over these past almost four years, I've corresponded with many of you, talked on Skype and you've all been a source of entertainment, inspiration and information. Some have become collaborators, a handful have become life long friends and one in particular, I adore beyond reason. I am eternally grateful for these connections. Should any of you find yourselves on Antipodean shores, I have a room with your name on it and a warm welcome to match.
Yep time's come to say Goodbye. I loved blogging and the friends I've made here. I have little of interest to say and less time or will to say it. I'm writing a little, on Creative Infanticide, posting fortnightly on The Tenth Daugher of Memory, and distracted by not-so-shiny things. I'm becoming whingey.
Thanks to you all for following for so long. We'll see. I never say never so who knows, I will definitely visit and might pop up in your feeder now and then, or reincarnate the blog in the future but for now it's check out time. Life is changing and so must I. Keep in touch.
OH, NO!
ReplyDeleteJust in case, I won't delete you from my Reader. Hope things go well for you. Enjoyed reading your perspective on life.
It's strangely disturbing when someone like you says goodbye and yet I understand it well.
ReplyDeleteKeep enjoying and battling on in the so-called real world. It's where we all belong.
Oh dear! My daily reading just became less interesting, especially Fridays. I'll really miss that sarcastic, sharp Aussie wit. Oh well, at least you know where to find me.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that, but I guess there's no point in labouring away at something you're not enjoying any more. And as you say, you've got plenty of other things competing for your attention.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we'll still meet up in Sydney in December?
Oy! You can't quit or the whole Interweb will implode.
ReplyDeletegonna miss you, baino!
ReplyDeletebut, as you know, shit happens...
staying on fb?
i'm about to make a move myself, nearly 1,000 miles from where i am now
no idea when i'll be back online once i get there
Oh em gee, what's the world coming to?! Huge kudos for keeping her going so long and thanks for the great reads, happiness vibes coming your way.
ReplyDeleteWell, it certainly is a huge loss for all of us! :( You will be missed....a lot.
ReplyDeletexxoo
what can I say? I feel as though we are friends or would be friends if we met in person. your writing is engaging, funny, human. I look forward to your posts.
ReplyDeleteNow, hopefully, I'll look forward to your comments.
I know I like never comment anymore but I swear to Buddha I read every piece you put up.
ReplyDeleteI'll miss you :(
I just told himself and he made a sad face too...
I'll never let go Baino!
I'll miss seeing your slices of life here, but I'm glad we're friends on FB so I can keep up with you that way.
ReplyDeleteNooooooooo this is such bad news (for us at least). There are so few blogs I still enjoy reading. BUT I am so glad I found yours. Someday I WILL meet you :-)
ReplyDeleteOh shit! I'll miss you :-(
ReplyDeleteGood luck. Hope you find a dream job and that all things going on in your life work out for you.
Keep in touch if you like. You have my email.
Big fat kiss to you and yours and cuddles for all the fourleggers.
And I'll be checking your other blogs now and again.
Bye (for now)
do stop in oph kindred spirit and know that you are there high on my list of people being themselves and plugging onward..sandy
ReplyDeleteWell, it seems that you heard my complaints to my girlfriend and her daughter. They spend a lot time on Facebook and I told them that it is important to meet with friends as well. Nowadays I also stay a lot home, because It is hot outside and I am preparing to a university scientific contest.
ReplyDeleteBah. Doldrums. Winds will return.
ReplyDeletetake a break...at least i know how to find you...back soon to hassle you, sweet pea!
ReplyDeleteI expect you'll be back eventually but totally hear you on the blog weariness thing. Congrats on the job btw
ReplyDeleteWill leave you in my "Blogs I Stalk" section and if I get over East will look you up :)
ReplyDeleteWot??? Well, I understand...maybe...a little... but yet have to say THAT SUCKS!
ReplyDeletei will refrain from whining but not from swallowing hard. i must love you deeply because i'm feeling the loss already. good thing i know how and where and when to find you, my beloved honeyhells.
ReplyDeletethis is really bad: when you said 'one in particuliar', i thought you meant me!! :^) my vanity settled down quickly however, and i'm just glad to call you friend.
aww shit.
♥
kj
I'm... I'm... Well, I'm speechless, I guess. I hope Jeff's right. Got no more than that to say. (sniff)
ReplyDeleteJust in case you change your mind, I'll keep you on my reader too, but I totally understand. I haven't even been doing this for two years. It can start to feel like a chore, and it shouldn't. There are are lots of fun and exciting things to do out there and you can leave knowing that you provided entertainment, friendship, and inspiration to many. You should feel very proud!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great run. I will be forever glad that I found my way to this place (thanks, Paddy!).
ReplyDeleteThanks, too, for all your wonderful comments over the last three and a half years. You are my friend.
And I will keep my eye on this space, just in case.
And yeah, I'll still be here when you get back.
Love and rockets!
You'll be missed. I've enjoyed your "company" so much. Sending good thoughts your way...
ReplyDeleteI understand your need to move on, but I'll keep yu on my list, just in case you put up some of your spectacular photos or write a little something.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling the need to slow mine down a bt to less than daily.
Ditto to what everyone else has said, you will be sorely missed. But I guess you could be like I have been lately. I just keep taking break after break after break. Not because I wanted to but because other things have taken precedence, like the wittle wee ones and the dang modem.
ReplyDeleteYou will still be in my sidebar, so when you do come visit your blog, then you will pop up.
I will miss you.
God bless.
Everyone's going away :(
ReplyDeleteKeep on keepin' on, Hope to keep hearing from you.
Echoing those comments above.
ReplyDeleteWish you weren't, but if you have to, then... you have to.
I'll keep my eye out for you popping up again. Return any time you like.
Especially if it's soon.
Echoing those comments above.
ReplyDeleteWish you weren't, but if you have to, then... you have to.
I'll keep my eye out for you popping up again. Return any time you like.
Especially if it's soon.
Cycles.
ReplyDeleteDamn - will miss you. but hope to stay in touch somehow.
I know that feeling of wanting to hang up the boots, I have felt it several times but never had the courage to say the words... so I plod on.
ReplyDeleteI'll catch you on Skype one of these days. Take care.
Big Hugs
Grannymar
I will miss your wit. As I faced a similar turn of events in my life lately, my friend said to my, "what's a sundial in the shade?" Ben Franklin. Seems appropriate to share it with you. Hope to see you in the sun sometime.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll enjoy real life a bit more and keep well.
ReplyDeleteAwe...I'll miss your blogging, but I will keep you on my reader just in case.
ReplyDeleteYou'll be back; I know it! You just need a rest.
Carole @ yukonchatterbug.com
NO!!!!! You'll be so missed! At the end of this hard-working week I came here for my Friday Fuckwit fix and instead find myself saying what a loss. I enjoy your posts Helen and wish you all the best - like others I'd be chuffed if you decided to visit now and then,and will keep you on my bloglist just in case you get that mojo back!
ReplyDeleteI'm always here to protect you.
ReplyDeleteNo!
ReplyDeletePS I like your Facebook photo. It makes you look like a Home and Away character
ps i can't believe Anna Grace really is alive. what the hell was going through her head?...what did she think people would do? pat her on the back and say "well done for pretending to be dead" honestly!
ReplyDeleteWill miss you - but we all go through this and I wonder if you might be back one day? :) But you should *only* blog if you enjoy it
ReplyDeleteHello gorgeous girl .... making room for something else to enter?
ReplyDeleteI find I'm blogging less also ..
the 3D world tempts me more ..
I WILL stay in touch and if ever you find yourself my way? LOVE to see you.
Maybe you need to just take a breather for a while...... Forget blogging and focus on you and what you want and we'll be here waiting for you!
ReplyDeleteTake care, Baino!
Feck! Change is always for the best when it comes from within, so best of luck. You have been quite a presence here.
ReplyDeletethanks for gracing the bloggyhood for as long as you did....but i expect you'll be back when the siren call comes again.
ReplyDeletei look forward to continuing to run into you around and about!!
I hate to hear it, Baino. I'm glad to hear that you'll still be writing though. A lot has changed in the world since you started the blog. I can't think of many changes that are of a positive nature. Your lovely post will be missed by me and countless others. I may not have always commented, but I've always read your posts. :)
ReplyDeleteThis could be the first ever comment stream that just goes on and on without any blog post to maintain it.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe not.
ReplyDeleteAny danger you could keep on with just the 'Friday fuckwit'? Always looked forward to them.
ReplyDeleteI took a close up of the Aussie pies at the Australian Bakery we visited a couple of days ago so you could see it and tell me if they are really authentic. Then I come to you blog and read that you won’t blog anymore? I am really sad now. I understand that if it is something you no longer enjoy you might as well stop but I hope that things will change and you will come back later on. I always enjoyed your wit and your humorous way of writing. I wish you the best, you deserve to be happy. You can email me anytime if you wish.
ReplyDeleteShit! please stay in touch as I think of you as a mate xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteand I look forward to when you find your mojo ;-) xx
Oh Bugga but I know what you mean - been dragging my mouse lately too, the whole of June passed without the desire to post. Tsup*!*
ReplyDeleteI am so sad to hear it, but I do understand. I haven't blogged for a while due to my Mum's death, and I suppose when we leave something for a while we always expect to find everything as we left it when we get back, don't we? But life isn't like that.
ReplyDeleteYour retirement from blogging will leave a Baino-shaped hole in the Blogosphere, you know that, don't you?
Good luck, my friend! I hope you drop in sometime at my place. Oh, and I didn't know Creative Infanticide was you!
i am in your real world baino, so no change here, it is just i shall miss your mind.
ReplyDeleteWow. Hadn't expected that. I wish you nothing but the best. Glad we'll see you at 10thDOM. I need to pull my own ass out of the doldrums and paddle towards the wind...take care, Baino.
ReplyDeleteTina @ Life is Good
Nick may be right! Came back over to say thanks for your visit and comment. Miss you!
ReplyDeleteHang about, hang about. I go off on holiday and look what you do whilst I am away. Before making any lasting decisions I insist on you wait for a couple of months : take a long blogging holiday and then see how you feel.
ReplyDeleteI will miss your humour and your acute powers of observation. But most of all I will miss seeing your creativity emerge from out of the shadows. Make sure my name is on one of them rooms - I will be with you soon.
Let me just say, "I know how you feel". Good luck with the spreadsheets, they can be buggers at times!
ReplyDeletetsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup!tsup! i had to stop by for this reason hells :^)
ReplyDeleteI can certainly empathize. I am getting burned out, too. Maybe after a good rest we will both come back and meet again.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, best of luck in your job, relationships and life.
As long as you are happy, that is what's important. Good luck, dear Helen. Tsup!!!
ReplyDeleteBaino, I totally get that. I considered stopping too during my 1 month off. I think blogging as a fad is falling off and the novelty of is is wearing thin as we see its limitations. But, every now and then i feel the creative muse so want to write but that is only every month or so, but, having an art co-op keeps me going. I so rarely visit people too which makes me feel bad but it is just not possible. It is enough to keep up with my art co-op, creative Tuesdays.:)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, i did want to say Ty so much for your recent comment on the when your hubs died. I do well remember you writing about that.Ty for sharing that with us as a good reminder for us all. Anyone of us coudl do the same thing.
Please take care. Wishing you all the very best down under. :)
Well, *I* will miss your wonderful posts. Don't disappear completely....please. :)
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