Could I interest you in the following bargain: starting Saturday, I will write posts that are, if not inspired, then at least unusual for this time and this age. They will be illustrated, coddled and packed with new material. In exchange -- let me off easy today, and in fact, maybe the next two days.
Here's what's happening (in addition to the fact that the skies are blue and life is looking remarkably okay, though perhaps only on this side of the ocean... not so good if you pay attention to what's happening at my home country's eastern border): I am on a deadline. My Great Writing Project is at long last moving toward completion and I need to send out the file, with what I consider to be my final copy, to the butcher shop for a final edit before it rolls off to the publisher. Indeed, after feeding the animals...
(it is so pretty out there today!)
... and eating breakfast...
... I sit down and read through the damn thing. This is my hundredth read-through but it is also the most important one. There are many pages. It takes time. Lots of time.
So, stay with me, okay? I tell you, Saturday is going to be magnificent here, on Ocean. Today? Well, there's just this tiny post begging for your patience.
Thank you! I knew you would understand.
