There is no way that it could already be May. This year seems to be crawling by – yet here we are in the middle of Spring. I’m going to head out with my camera soon, but thought I’d take a little bit of time to update the ol’ blog.
Retro Beetle
I’m doing as I said and freeing myself of obligations that are taking too much time. I really need to narrow my focus and concentrate on fewer things – family & friends (of course), school, and the changes I’m making in my business (more focus on Voc Rehab consulting). On one hand it feels good, but on the other I’m realizing there’s a bit of mourning going on.
I did it…I announced on Stories Without Words that I will no longer be posting photos daily. I am leaving the site up in the hopes that people will continue to contribute their wonderful gift of gab. The stories and poems that have been posted on the site are amazing. I look forward to taking a bit of time where I can sit down and really read them all. Many times I’ve scanned a piece in order to approve it and move on to the next one – not really enjoying it as much as I would like. I may pop an image up now and again, but I had to remove my commitment to it. I’ve received a lot of messages from readers – wishing me well on the changes I’m making, but also grieving the loss of the site. I’ve gained friends from all over the world by hosting this site. It’s been a wonderful thing. A warm and hearty THANKS and big HUGS to all you! Again – it’s not going to be gone – per say. I will continue to monitor any contributions. (Oh – who knows… I may miss it so much that I’ll start up again.) There are over 150 images to write about – so please pop over and write something for us – or just enjoy what is already there. And – if you haven’t already – please, please subscribe so you’ll know if I randomly decide to post an image.
Snow Globe II
I also took down my Facebook Biz page and Harbinger will cease to exist. I’ll send out a final short “Adios Issue”. No more FB Stories page and no more Stories Twitter. WooHoo… it really does feel good. Well – except, this morning it felt a bit weird to not come into my office and get Stories image of the day up. But I’m okay with it. Now my non-work/school online time will be devoted to my photography and updating this blog.
As I said previously – if you want a desktop image of any of my images you see here or on my Red Bubble gallery – let me know and I’ll get one to you. Thanks for popping in!
Change can be difficult, but going forward is always good.
Ah… thanks, Julie. Yes… it can be difficult. So far… so good. I remember – long ago, in my youth – I used to say… “always go forward – never go straight”.
Thanks for the reminder. Forward is good. Backward – leave it for nostalgia and learning. WooHooo… Here I go! (BTW – how’d you like the Beetle?)
Roka you are amazing….you got your feet thorouroghly soaked in all of these arenas and can therefore use them again with even more dexterity the next time you need them. I’m sure that it is indeed hard to let go….but you are doing it to move along to your current goals….right on sister……PS the VW 2 POPS! Love you…Marsha
You are the amazing one, my friend. Thank you for all of the support you’ve given to me over the years. You’ve held me up when I thought I’d fall through the cracks of the earth. I love you, too! And I’m happy you like the VWs!
I also want to thank my friends for all of the Facebook and email support in response to this post.
You all make it a fun ride!
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I did enjoy our time at Stories without Words but nothing can keep going forever and it is good that you took the time to stop before you started to hate it.
xx