Still Here

Sometimes life has a way of throwing bad stuff your way just when everything seems to be getting back on track, doesn’t it? As you might remember, I started my full-time position a week and a half ago, but the new schedule is not the reason why my reading and blogging have ground to a halt once again. The reason is that this transition coincided with something I can’t describe in any way other than really effing awful happening to me. It’s not something I’m ready to discuss in such a public forum, but I can tell you it’s the kind of thing that has people asking any friend, acquaintance or random stranger on the Internet for their good thoughts — it’s not that I believe that thought can magically shape reality, but I do know there’s comfort to be found in warmth, compassion and good will, and that kind of comfort means the world to me right now.

I’m really sorry to post something so vague and sombre — I want you all to know that I’m still here, that I’ll be okay in time, and that blogging will resume as soon as I am able. Hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later: if you see a new post pop up here as early as next week, it will mean that I was able to find the peace of mind to finish one of my many on-going drafts, and that will be a very good sign.

I don’t want this post to be entirely cheerless, so I’ll leave you with the video for one of my favourite songs (made instantly relevant by the fact that it’s set in a bookshop). See you soon, I hope.