Pressing Pause

A paragraph from my very first post (2015) reads …

As I launch this blog, I must confess that I delayed for some time.  I prefer sharing my thoughts verbally or through the medium of a 0.5mm Pentel P205.  Three cheers for pencils.  That said, I realize that not all who read this blog will visit Alaska and my pencil marks fade.  

Ten years later, I’m still using a pencil. It’s possible that it’s the exact same Pentel that I held in my hands back in 2015. But, if not, it’s an identical twin.
 
Posting for a decade has been mostly joy. As a person who enjoys words and expression, blogging makes sense. I used the word “mostly” for perhaps an obvious reason. Like any endeavor in life, blogging is not always joy. Sometimes, blogging is the awareness that Tuesday is coming and I’ve “got nothing.” Other times, blogging is questioning if the work is worth it. More recently, blogging has been a time to consider a change. After all – everyday, ordinary lives do not stay the same.

With those thoughts in mind, I believe that today is a good day for a change. Today, I press pause on weekly posting.
 
My Pentels will continue to mark pages and serve as tools for communication. And, at a yet unknown frequency, will write other posts. But, for now, they will take a Sabbath on Tuesdays.
 
Thank you for reading each week. Until next time, continue to live the Ordinary.

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Romans 12:1 (MSG)
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.

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