The timing may be co-incidental, but it is not surprising: We are entering a time when personal stress is starting to increase, and for more and more people real life requires pressing attention.
Perhaps what we have learned in recent discussions of global contexts will help us navigate our local lives. The Fates are kind.
I can very well understand Bernhard's decision, as I am tempted to throw the towel at times too, and I do not have to take care of a whole site.
But his insights will be missed - but who knows, maybe after a while..... oh, well!
i you do give up, could you do a diary about it first?
:) ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~