We knew I wouldn’t be able to stay away forever. The blog will be back. It will be relaunched mid-September with a new look and a new name: Swimming to Shore. Become a registered user if you’d like me to email you when it kicks off.

I was interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio (or, as I like to call it, NPR with an “H”) about the Washington Post story. Click here to hear it. My interview is in the first part of the broadcast.

The title of this post doesn’t really make sense, but I’m keeping it because it makes me laugh.

Ok, gentle readers, it’s time for me to take a hiatus from the blog. I’m not sure how long it’s going to be. Right now I’m planning to take the whole summer off–but I might be back before then. Or, I might decide at the end of the summer that I’m done for good. We’ll see. I’ve got a few other projects I want to give more attention to, and, despite all the good stuff this blog does for me (in case you missed it, see this post), the fact is it requires a good chunk of time each week that I think will be better spent on other things…at least for a while.

But a few things before I go:

1. This Sunday, May 30, an article I wrote about what happens to retired thoroughbred racehorses will be the cover story of The Washington Post’s Sunday Magazine. I’ll be sure to post the link directly to the article when it’s online, but if you’re local, buy a copy…to help ensure there will still be newspapers in print to hire writers like myself!

2. Thanks for reading. Really. Seriously. It means a lot to me. If you want to be notified when I start up again, become a registered user and I’ll send you an email when that happens.

3. Enjoy your respective summers.

4. Keep it real.

Peace out.

Life got in the way of this week’s blog post. It’s coming…tomorrow. Wednesday at the latest. In the meantime, please enjoy this. My new favorite song, “Roll Away Your Stone” by Mumford & Sons.

I’m on deadline, which means I don’t have time to write my blog…at least not until later this week. So I offer you a little something that always brightens my day…

Quick note: Because I’m getting so much spam (I didn’t know there WAS a female viagra until now), I’ve changed the settings on the blog so you have to become a registered user to comment. It’s easy and doesn’t require much info. Just scroll down to the right and under “Meta” you’ll see “register.” I think you’ll be able to figure it out from there because you’re all very smart people. Thanks!