And… back.

Jill on Ko Phi Phi, originally uploaded by JillNic83.

I’ve finally returned from my Southeast Asia travels, and will be back on the blog full time. A huge, huge thanks and round of applause to the guest bloggers, who did a fabulous job (and whose posts I’ve spent days going through the archives and reading). The writing on Feministe was so interesting and dynamic this summer, I’m tempted to make Project Guest-Blogger a year-round thing. Either way, we will definitely be maintaining our commitment to featuring a wide variety of blogging and writing, and various guest bloggers will be making appearances throughout the year.

Thanks also to the other Feministe bloggers, who are as usual amazing and did all the work of maintaining and running the blog this summer — including the Project Guest Blogger, which isn’t an easy task to coordinate.

I’m also starting a new job this morning, which means that I won’t be posting or moderating comments during the day. I will be writing a lot at night (and at 5am, which I did today) and scheduling posts to go up throughout the day, so there will continue to be fresh content — just try not to get too frustrated if your comments take a big longer to go through. All the other Feministe bloggers will be writing and moderating as well.

I have some travel-inspired posts ruminating in my head and I’m also still in the process of editing and uploading the 6,000 pictures I took; at some point, I may indulge my photo-vanity and post some more images from the trip. If you’re interested in checking out a few shots, I’ve uploaded some of the better pictures from Thailand and Laos (more will be coming, and Vietnam and Cambodia are still in the works).

It’s nice to be back (although admittedly, not quite as nice as islands in Thailand). See you all around.