Readers of Gowanus Lounge were stunned by an ambiguous message yesterday that left many wondering what was going on; and why was Robert Guskind taking even a one-day break from his beloved blog?

Our apologies up front: GL will not be publishing today, having lost a
very big supporter and source of inspiration and intellectual kinship,
except for possibly posting some items submitted by our faithful
contributors. We are very, very sorry. Thank you from the bottom of our
hearts for reading these last 2 1/2 years.

(GL rightfully hates it when I pull a quote rather than link but I urge you to go over there if you are unfamiliar with his wonderful blog and take a look).

Today he’s left an even longer but still not entirely clear note about the future of Gowanus Lounge.

GL is still suspended indefinitely. It is a personal
decision that we’ve made. We hope to reverse it at some point, but we
don’t know if that means 24 hours, three days, a week, a month or
never.

Alas, I believe it is too soon to wax nostalgic about Gowanus Lounge and I refuse to do so. I just hope that Bob takes the time off that he needs and figures out a way to come back to the blog in a comfortable way.

We miss you already, Bob. Don’t worry about us. We’ll be here when you decide to come back. We’re not going anywhere and we know you just need some time to rethink, renew and relax.

Peace.