In the book, Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert talks about a button or badge you can buy at the gift shop of the ashram to wear when you’re trying not to talk and it says, “I am in silence.”

Last night, my husband played and sang five songs at a benefit for Chilean fishermen and their families who lost their boats and their livelihood in the recent earthquake. Because they were raising money for boats, he thought he should learn a few new boat songs and last week, he practiced them so much he strained his voice and had to go on vocal rest for two days. All’s well that ends well and he performed fabulously and hopefully they raised a lot of money!

However, as he walked around for two days, either writing me notes or simply nodding or shaking his head, it got me thinking about silence. And book promotion. I try really hard not to cross that line between publicity and downright obnoxiousness, but I think that in all my excitement, I have pushed a toe over the line here and there. So, for this week. I am in silence (at least about my book). Unless, of course, something really cool happens. No, wait…see I’m not very good at this, but I will try.

Is there some topic that perhaps you should be “in silence” about this week?