Crazy Coronamas

[izmeina]

I have not been sucked down some Covid conspiracy FOX hole or abducted by aliens. I haven't even been crushed to bits by a falling Christmas tree. The explanation for the serpent absence is much more simple.

Since Nanowrimo finished on Tuesday 30th November, I have slinked upstairs to use the Big Mac desktop with a proper keyboard just twice this month. This is the second time. Typing anything longer than 280 characters on the old Tweet Stone is far too frustrating for a serpent used to touch typing. So I always save emails and that sort of thing for the Big Mac. So when I don't go near the desktop, it just doesn't happen.

Since sunset these days is around 19.30, there is also more temptation to lurk in the garden and less inside the house. I also naively thought that I could do an online course or two during those 6 weeks off work. But the map is not the territory. I managed to do just one quiz. I may consider moving the goal posts to start the course again at a later date but not so sure if I will do any better next time especially when the Fringe Festival starts mid January.

Either today or tomorrow is the date of the solstice. I won't be doing sunset at the beach as I used to. I will lurk around the Secret Garden Cafe instead, reading the papers, doing the Tuesday puzzle pages and planning assorted goals for 2022. One of those will be a list of 24 books to read next year. I have January sorted.

Any suggestions for the rest of the year?