two degrees centigrade. clear.

Sunday update

Breakfast: Bagels with scrambled egg and grilled pancetta. Orange juice, tea.
Dinner: Roast turkey, potatoes, parsnips, carrots, stuffing, poached pear brioche, cheese... the works.
Supper: Porridge.
Music: Maria Callas.
Narrative: This hiatus has gone on long enough, wouldn't you agree? One of the rules* we have here at Medway Exiles Club is 'Never explain, never apologise'. And yet I feel the urge to provide an explanation; where I've been, what I've done, why I haven't posted. I feel the urge, but I shan't indulge it. Suffice to say, I've been busy, and not in the best of health. Still, no posts for the best part of two entire calendar months is pretty unforgiveable by any standards. I shall endeavour to do better,..

It's not that I haven't been writing. The words keep coming - unbidden, almost - and I write them down as they come. But there is a certain process to be followed. There is a polishing, a refining, that they undergo before they are revealed for your pleasure and delectation. It takes time and energy and in these resources I am all too frequently lacking, sadly.

In the meantime, while I go away and do some of that there polishing, let me point you in the direction of Merlin Mann's blog 43 Folders. It's about, as Merlin says, "finding the time and attention to do your best creative work". There's plenty there to keep you occupied until I finish the next piece.

Catch y'all soon. Have good Mondays.

* No. 23