Kalinago English Goes "On hold"

So...

There comes a time when there is no more time...  or well, significantly less.

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Rick's wonderful guest post and analysis of my site touched me hugely but it also confirmed a niggling doubt that I really haven't been covering enough of ELT, haven't been posting up enough lessons and links and defintitely haven't really been covering teaching speaking using technology.

The truth is, I simply can't blog as often as I used to, while writing an ESP textbook, getting ready for a symposium at IATEFL, volunteering on a global edu site and advising an mLearning company. 




Iz all a bit much really -  I've had to start facing up to fact that if I don't stop working until 2am then I'm going to dive straight into burn-out.

Also, once the symposium at IATEFL is over and the book is written, I will probably be crossing the ocean for the Americas, and probably even going home to Grenada for good.    I'm hoping I can continue working on my online projects while living by the seaside with a nice big dog.

At this stage of my life, especially after something I lived through devastated me last year, I really want to be closer to my family, to the people who can see into my heart, choices and actions - who really know who I am and love me.

Anyway, before this turns all sad, mushy and gooey - I have so very much loved talking to you all -  while I work away like a demon for the next few months, tidying up some loose ends and thinking about a new life in another country, Business English in 5 mins and Kalinago English are going to go on hold.

Of course, I'm not quitting blogging entirely... you know I get my daily buzz from writing so I'll be  diversifying into more micro-blogging:

Still on Twitter, I'll be sending my favorite tweets and the best of the blog posts I read to Karenne's 42.

Random things I notice, brief musings, reviews, interviews and notes based on the conference and workshops I attend, things I come across in the wonderful world of TEFL, will all now be posted on...  The Wonderful World of TEFL.

Rants about how I'm frequently left pfaffing about as I traverse Life in the EduWeb plus quick links to the super tools I stumble on, will be put up on the blog of the same name.

Oh, and for my fellow blogger readers - I'll be visiting you much more frequently and once dust settles I might even finish up that batch of guest-posts I started last year. :-).

Thank you for visiting me as often as you did, for all of the wonderful words and thoughts you've generously shared with me, thank you for sharing my posts on FB, for the RTs, thank you for passing along my posts via email to your colleagues, but thank you most of all for inspiring me, for laughing and learning with me.

But...hopefully, this is not goodbye and only so long.

Until we meet again,

Karenne