As we begin to edge our way into late May, that means that things have cycled back around to another cottage “lake season” up in Michigan. Thus, I have spent the past two weeks completely ignoring any regular writing, blogging, or commenting on Facebook, instead, rounding up “stuff” to be hauled up to the cottage on Friday, May 22. (As I write this, that is just two days from now!)
Our intrepid crew put our pier in last Sunday, and the old structure looks as though it will make it through another summer. Our pontoon will be delivered on Saturday, and I can’t wait to get it moored in its spot alongside the pier and then take it out for its out-of-hibernation cruise around the lake. The weather is supposed to be “iffy” (which is usually par for the course) so we shall keep our fingers crossed for some decent “move-in” temperatures without any rain.
I have my folders and my writing box of notes, rough drafts, and other miscellaneous notes to take along for the summer, and the MacBook Pro will be packed up Thursday night.
Which brings me to my main point of this post. I have given much thought to what I hope to accomplish this summer in terms of a regular writing routine, and I have come to the conclusion that the only way I’m going to accomplish that is to step away from social media and my blogs, Down Many Roads and All Things White Sox.
I have become stale and less-than-enthusiastic on most days when trying to come up with blog topics and to write how I feel about things in general. Quite frankly, I really have nothing much to say these days—at least what anyone out there really is interested in reading.
As a result of this epiphany, I am going on a self-imposed hiatus, an exile of sorts, from my blog posting. I know that when I do resume sometime down the road, I will be refreshed, re-charged, and re-invigorated to write some things that are fun and interesting. When that might be, I have no idea. All that I know right now is that my focus will be on knocking the cobwebs from my long-overdue novel-in-progress and re-awakening my friend Scrivener in doing so!
Now, as the daunting task of packing everything for another lake season opening in just two days from now beckons me to get back to work, I leave you kind readers with these words: Blessed are they, who have nothing to say, and can’t be persuaded to say it!
Have a wonderful summer…
Down Many Roads... 
Enjoy your summer break! I think many of us often do the same. Hope you have a wonderful summer and meet your writing goals. 🙂
Thank you, Carrie. Whatever will be, will be! I hope your summer is a good one, too. 🙂
Enjoy your summer, Mark! I’m envious of a break…I need one too.
I will try to enjoy it all, Jill. That first pontoon cruise around the lake will be a good start. 🙂
Mark, I hope you have a wonderful happy celebration of 65 years on Thursday June 11, 2015! You deserve a sunny, happy ‘exile’ with many pontoon rides and ENJOY to the FULLEST!!
I like the idea of taking a break but will have a week off at the end of June and a week off at the end of October. I miss my ‘teaching days’ or childhood days when “School was out for Summer!!”
Thanks for checking in, Robin. Sorry it has taken me so long to respond, but I’m up here “in exile” and not always in range of Wi-Fi. Yeah, I sort of miss those last few days of the school year–as a kid and later as a teacher–when the summer loomed endlessly ahead, and we’d be free of all things CLASSROOM-ISH! 🙂