So long, and thanks for all the dish...

As you've probably already noticed, I've been taking a hiatus from low-carb blogging and board posting for some time as I get through some projects I've been putting off to the side for too long. I completed my final promise to review a book for the Eades', who have been a huge force in the low-carb world, and are worth rediscovering (in my never so humble opinion).

Low-carb never really dies on the vine, never morphs with the popularity of the food pyramid and the AHA, never caves to convention. Low-carb is like the lip-pierced future business mogul someone might snicker at and then come to respect as the vision matures and grows. As many of us are second generation Atkins kids by now, raising up our third generation, so, too, are we coming into our own.

People aren't laughing out loud anymore. Sure, they might scratch their heads, wonder, "Can I really live without wheat? Rice? Potatoes?" Some might still believe that Dr. Atkins died from his food lifestyle--but then, these are the last dying vestiges of a world clamoring to hang onto what the food lobbyists and vegans have proclaimed for decades. Meat kills. Wheat cures ills.

Low-carb perseveres. Through terrorist attacks, through recession, through whatever the future holds. It hangs tight during the sways and changes of the media, medicinal fashions of the week, and marketing ploys for 'healthier', ready to heat and eat processed foods.

It holds tough even when the voices of support silence themselves for awhile.

Between homeschooling my autistic kiddo, community responsibilities, and some pretty fricken' sweet opportunities I'm being given, I'm not doing much of a service by intermittently posting here or there in an effort to continue to pay it forward to the low-carb community.

And I've never been much of a multi tasker.

Please note the recipes I'm leaving on the blog for the low-carb community to continue to enjoy. Please share the links so that others might be able to enjoy them, too. Note only to those it applies to: Please don't pull recipes and post them to your sites for pageviews or personal purposes. This has been a problem lately and is very disrespectful. It's not like I'm making money over here. It won't kill you some of you to link back for the effort I've put into these recipes at no cost to you. /Guilt

Will I be back someday? Oh, you can bet on that. Until we meet again, whether it's on Facebook (Jamie VanEaton), in life, or in the afterlife, keep it real. You're your best asset and the reason I do what I do.

Please keep in touch if you want to drop me a line now and then about how you're doing. It's always about you, baby! It's about you, the lifestyle, the promise of a healthier nation. I've just been along for the ride.

cleochatra@gmail.com

You're the sexiest, most hip, most intelligent, most amazing readers and friends a girl with incredible taste in footwear could possibly ever have.

Peace, mah BBs!

With (totally socially acceptable and not awkward) love,


Jamie