Yes. it's been quiet over here for a week or two. No excuses – just explanations, but they aren't of much interest either. Backlog of other things that have to have priority; a computer that died at work, and one here that's needing to see a specialist with some urgency; and a severe attack of cannae be bothered led to a near fatal case of demotivation!
I guess there are times when the useful, desirable and fun things get squeezed by the required, the essential and serious! But I'm hoping that was a hiatus in creativity brought on by an indulgent birthday weekend in London, a concatenation of circumstances at work and home, and a consequent fatigue of the spirit that led to the earlier mentioned cannae be bothered.
All of which said. I have a new Kindle which is proving to be a further recalcitrant and unco-operative piece of technological must have – and it won't connect to our broadband at home. Tried the various options of passowrd and all that, but it refuses. So going for a coffee to the cafe tomorrow and see if Kindle face likes the Wi Fi there. Would be good to have George Eliot's Middlemarch in a pad no thicker than a slice of bread. That novel of novels is due for a reread. Left me wondering what Marian Evans would have said about Kindle in the Westminster Review. I suspect the Empress of Victorian fiction may have approved of it – though considering her fortune was made in the serialised novel, she would probably have opted for monthly downloads of the latest instalment. Let you know how I got on.
Lent starts next week – I'll begin the series on pictures I spent time with at the National Gallery, one of the highlights of the Birthday weekend – the other was The Lion King!
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