I made an executive decision.
At least I’m not throwing the world into turmoil with my choice. I’m just taking a break. I realized that I’m a little bit burnt out on daily pictures and musings.
Even though the actual process of posting doesn’t take a long time, I find pictures and process them. I work on the metadata. That’s the stuff you never see. The stuff I do so you can find my work. Keywords (tags). Resizing the image so it loads quickly. Building categories.
There’s the constant reading. That’s easy because I am sort of a news junkie. That’s coming to an end. You know why. After yesterday, POTUS threw the world into chaos in every possible direction. You know the rest.
In short, I’m tired. If not physically, than mentally. Maybe a little bit emotionally. No worries though. A little break and a recharge is good for us all. Besides, it’s Christmas time. Family time. Friends time. Neighbors time. The guy in the street who I pass by, time.
I also realized that I haven’t taken time off from Storyteller since July 2017, when I took about ten days off. I will respond to your comments, but I’ll likely not read many blogs.
I’ll see you all on January 2, 2019.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
Peace, Ray
Enjoy your time, Ray )
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Thank you and Merry Christmas.
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Enjoy the break!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Blessed Yule and a fantastic vacation away for a few days. We’ll see you when you get back!
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Thank you, Dave. Merry Christmas.
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Ray … oh my … no break since July 2017? Not good for this reason ——> Blog breaks are good! Enjoy your break & Merry Christmas!
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Frank, I’d didn’t even think about it until I thought about it. I realized I was getting a little flat and… Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas to you too Ray. Enjoy the break.
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Thank you. Merry Christmas.
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Hello Ray!Merry Christmas and have a wonderful and lovely time!
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Thank you. Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and all your friends and family.
(I took a 6-month break from posting earlier this year, and it was much needed!)
Please take care.
Best wishes,
Takami
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Merry Christmas. I’ll see you in 2019.
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Merry Christmas Ray. See you in 2019
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Merry Christmas, Andy.
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Marry Christmas, Ray 🙂
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Merry Christmas to you.
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Thank you 🙂
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Merry Christmas Ray enjoy your days and have a beautiful holiday with your loved ones ~ smiles Hedy ☺️💫
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Thank you. And, to you and yours. 🎁🎄⚜️
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Breaks are great! I took one, too, for about ten days. Now I’m revved and ready. I wish the same for you, because I get so much enjoyment from your posts.
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I’m fine. Still a bunch of people around. NJ on ACL (just a bit) tonight. She sings Ray Charles. Recorded in October.
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We were supposed to go to Breckinridge for a fancy dinner and fireworks but it snowed all day, so we hunkered down by the fire. Thanks for the ACL tip! We watched and loved. Happy New Year!
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I cannot tell whether I replied or not to you. This happens repeatedly, but only to you. If I did already, sorry. If not, here goes. We didn’t see that special. NJ never likes to look at old work. So we didn’t watch it. I have video feed of her alone. I’ll watch it later. We are the same that way. It’s hard for me to edit a book of my work because I don’t like going back either.
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You didn’t…and I share the confusion…I think it is because we have one long, ongoing conversation across about 10 different posts. Y’all don’t need to look at your old work as long as it’s available for the rest of us! 🙂
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. We didn’t see it. One of us never wants to see what she’s appeared in. 😬
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