{"id":1106,"date":"2010-12-17T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T01:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2010-12-19T19:01:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T00:01:26","slug":"sayonara-dear-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1106","title":{"rendered":"Sayonara, Dear Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time to move on, methinks. I’ve been doing this blog in one form or another for nearly seven years. It is possible, of course, that I’ll resume blogging at some point in the future, but for now it’s time to try other pastures.<\/p>\n

The original appeal to me in blogging was the opportunity to engage in the pleasures of purposefully purposeless writing–to string together and polish up sentences for the sheer enjoyment of doing it. Putting the results out there in public brought a measure of discipline to the proceedings: it made me want to write as well as I could do. I’ll still engage in the playful stringing of words together, but it will be in other sorts of venues. <\/p>\n

I don’t much like Twitter (@sayonaraamerika), since their 140 character limit doesn’t allow for much in the way of creative composition. But I’ll still use that account to announce new publications, etc., if you want to keep track of what I’m up to. I’ll also still maintain my homepage (www.bourdaghs.com). <\/p>\n

I’ll keep the existing blog contents on-line for a few more weeks. Then, at some mysterious moment early in 2011, they will disappear from the Internet. My sincere thanks to all who have stopped by to read this over the years. I hope our paths cross again in other realms. <\/p>\n