Let me give my obligatory apology for the radio silence. My excuse is as follows:
1. A week of reading deprivation. I did this much for the same reasons you’d undertake a fast. In this case, I was insane and frustrated for about three days, then calmed down enough to remember that there are many important things I can do in my life, for example tending to my garden, connecting with friends, and making stuff. This could also be termed Operation Save My Weeknights From Oblivion. I tend to come home tired, get glued to a screen or a book and then actually stay up much later than I meant to because of the mesmerizing powers of said book or screen. It’s a damaging cycle, and the week of reading deprivation helped break it.
2. A week of technology fasting a.k.a. “turn off the TV week”. Similar results but less psychosis.
3. Laziness and generalized fear of the universe.
So. Cycle busted. Normal blogging service resuming.
Look, something shiny: