A week ago Tuesday, I told you I was taking a breath. Since then, I’ve done a bunch of stuff. And had a cold.

In my earlier days of writing here, I probably would have scheduled reruns or kept writing anyway. Anything to avoid silence on this channel. Because, after all, the very name of the blog includes a commitment. 300words A DAY.

But as I wrote to my friend Rich the other day, “The last couple weeks have had more output than reflection.”

I do my best to repurpose words and ideas. But some of the work I do in personal conversations isn’t right or ready for public conversation. And some things that I say offline aren’t nuanced enough for online. At least not yet. And it takes time and space for me to do my best thinking with my fingers. No typing, no thinking.

So I’ve been working in a reflection deficit. I may not be the only one.

And I don’t ever want to add to all the noise we have these days.

(And even as I was writing this, I stopped to check one thing. And was lost for too long.)

I’ll be back with a prayer on Sunday. And I’ll be back to writing regularly next week.

My invitation to you is to take a breath, too.