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Thank you thank you to all who have found and used the Travelogue Theme for WordPress over the past couple years. I was elated to find that it has been ported to several other systems as well, and occasionally run across a site using it, which really makes me giddy!

I realize that there have been many problems trying to access it, download the PSD files, or locate the fonts. Time has a way of changing everything. I have finally gotten around to locating the original source files I have, and will reupload them, along with the updated 2.0 (finished before I left) so that they will again be available.

I have a few ideas churning around in my head for a future version of Travelogue, but it has not even begun to be truly mapped out yet, so if you have any ideas, requests, or suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you again to all who have found and used this theme, as it encourages me to continue to learn and produce new things myself.

Good evening world!

Yes, I am back. I have recently returned from my two-year mission for my church in the south of France. And it was incredible. What can I say, is there a single thing better in the world than being blessed to serve with all of your heart, might, mind and strength, to be solely focused on the well-being of others, and to be completely dedicated to the Lord for two years? No, not a thing.

Approximately one month has passed, I have simply been “readjusting” to “real-life,” which isn’t always the most pleasant of experiences. I haven’t updated this since I brought it back online about two weeks after my return because it was just too much to handle and think of again. Besides, I figured I would wait for the release of WordPress 2.5, which came out today, so I guess I am out of excuses.

I am excited to begin writing again. Like anyone who maintains a blog, I simply enjoy writing. I love quietly expressing myself, I think personal content is what makes our world interesting, and besides, letters are such individual works of art! Furthermore, I have 2,398 photos accumulated which I wouldn’t mind sharing either. I am currently working on processing all of those - not a small task. Everything in it’s time - one lesson I have certainly learned.

So thank you for reading, thank you for the interaction. I am pleased to be back here at my home, podq.com, and am excited for the years to come! May God bless and keep you.

A new version of Travelogue (2.0) is being designed right here live, right in front of your very eyes! Yes, daring, isn’t it? So if you like or hate anything, or have any suggestions, leave it in the comments! It will be done by the time the week is out, for a very good reason.

Very good reason? O yes! I will be shutting down this blog on or around February 12^th. I will be leaving the 22^nd to serve a two-year mission for my church, and needed to shed some of the things that I will not have a chance to administrate to. Hence, my sites had to go!

However, they will be replaced by a static page with just a few details and notes for ya’all. I’ll finish out Travelogue 2.0, and then upload it to somewhere accesible. It’s already GPL’ed, so if someone would like to take charge of it, I WOULD LOVE IT!!! Just let me know in the comments.

Yes, it will be a sad absence, but it will be well worth it (to me!). Who knows, I just may write some occassional things and post an occassional photo somewhere about these parts, but don’t count on it. Party on ya’all!