Because you know how I love haikus...
It has run its course.
Thus, with one last post, goodbye.
Sad, but time for change.
When I started Pillow Book over four years ago, my goal was
to create a digital version of Vivian Swift’s illustrated travel journal, When Wanderers Cease to Roam. I wanted it to be my own journal of staying
put, a journal that detailed the quirky and beautiful that existed in my very
ordinary daily life, a life that I was rather unexpectedly rebuilding in my
hometown at the age of 29. I had hoped it would “reconnect me to the beauty I’ve
been missing” and inspire this disengaged graduate student to actually enjoy
writing again.
Well, I feel like I have basically accomplished those things.
You have heard me philosophize/blabber on and on about my family, heartbreak of
all sorts, collective joy, awesome v. not awesome lists, local restaurants and go-to
recipes, my undying devotion to the Avett Brothers, personal insecurities, my
love of all things whimsical, my distrust of false hope and unsubstantiated
fluff phrases and technology and people who don’t return shopping carts to the
collection bins, and my desire to see this wonderful little southern Kentucky
town be a real-life version of Stars Hollow.
You have offered thoughtful comments and hilarious Facebook quips. Many
of you have put me to shame with your guest posts, posts that always reminded
me how fortunate I am to be dumber than my friends. You have inspired me to write and think and
read more. You have reminded me that
while perhaps different in hue, we are all basically fighting the same battles.
You have helped me embrace happiness in simplicity. You have encouraged me to
live a more creative and a more engaged life.
You, and this blog space, have kept me sane and kept this perpetual
wanderer from roaming.
Thank you for sharing the past four years with me. You all deserve a spot in my gratitude jar.
Now, lets go write a book.J
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| Time for new adventures...:) |
