Dennis Monokroussos writes that he is thinking about retiring his chess blog:

http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1156112197.shtml

Say it isn't so, Dennis!

I would like to thank Dennis for the tremendous time and energy he has invested into putting together and maintaining his outstanding chess blog - IMO, the best chess blog on the internet.

Should the Chess Mind indeed close shop, there is perhaps some consolation in the fact that it has inspired some other excellent chess blogs.  Another such blog that I'm very fond of is THE KENILWORTHIAN by Michael Goeller:
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworthian/, which I now hear is planning a hiatus in September.  Is this the start of an epidemic?  Here's hoping that Mike will return to blogging after his hiatus.