It’s hard to believe that The Dawn Patrol is going away. I’m not sure how long I’ve been a regular reader but it’s measured in years; perhaps five. Her archives go back to 2002 and I don’t think there was more than a year or two there when I first ran across it. I can’t remember how I did, either, but I quickly became engrossed in Dawn’s very moving journey from serious depression into Protestant Christianity and then into the Church. Somewhere I think there is a link to the series of posts describing that journey; I don’t have time to look for it now but will do so later.

And Toby Danna of Astonished, Yet at Home is going on leave from blogging at least for a while. There is a remarkable post on his blog now, about the third one down, which I want to discuss when I have a bit more time. Go here if you want to read it, and thanks to Janet for pointing it out to me, as I had been very busy for several weeks and gotten way behind on reading other people’s blogs.

Both these people will be missed. Both are leaving the blogosphere in part because it has become too big a distraction and a disruption to their spiritual lives. I understand. I don’t plan to quit anytime soon, but I can see how it might come to that. For instance, I’m going to have to work late this evening because I’ve overspent my lunch hour browsing the web, writing emails, and writing this post and another which I didn’t finish.