From Wiktionary:

Hiatus

From Latin hiātus ‎(“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō ‎(“stand open, yawn”).

‎(plural hiatus or hiatuses)

Noun

A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
An interruption, break or pause.
An unexpected break from work.

From the King James Bible,

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

A time to pause

Friends, for the foreseeable future I will no longer be writing here on a regular schedule; bigger projects are in the works. Which is not to say that I'll forgo posting - rather that any posts henceforth will be prompted by necessity and not by whim; inspired by the muse, not by the mood.

Meanwhile, the Snacks will continue getting updates, as will my restaurant list and bookshelf.

Bear with me.