This is one of those rare days when I can’t focus. I’ve been sitting in front of the computer for over an hour now staring at my extensive list of words about which I’d like to comment. There’s no energy for any of them today. I have been going over the vast number of current events, political, social, and nonsensical which have occured over the past several days. There is no absence of them either.
But for some strange reason, nothing grabs me. I’m probably being overly-dramatic to call it writer’s block, because (obviously) I’m writing something. I think I have a passing block, like one of those head colds that comes upon you in the morning some day, and by dinner time is gone. There’s really no medicine to fix it. You can take a bunch of over the counter meds if you want, but the truth is you are going to be stuffed up and crummy for the day, no matter what.
Maybe it’s time to take a day off. I’ve been writing this blog every day now for almost a year, getting up at a dark hour to write it, and then watching the windows get lighter as I am about to hit the “publish” key. Even when I was going to be traveling where there wasn’t good internet available, I have written daily posts in advance and timed them to get published on the correct day. (Not very often, though.)
Believe me, I’m not bored with this enterprise. To the contrary, I enjoy it tremendously. I get frustrated with the technology. Every now and then (like yesterday) it throws me a curve and I get all uptight about you not getting the post at 7:30 in the morning. But that’s just me. I’m not a technology person.
I have thought about writing a few “draft” posts and keeping them in a draft file for just this kind of moment. But that seems too “canned” for me. It lacks the sponteneity that I enjoy. Somehow it seems like I’m cheating when I do that. (Clerics are known to have a “canned sermon” stashed away someplace for those Sundays when they come up blank. Usually the congregation can see right through that.)
So…chalk this off as a blocked day and take a day off from being inspired, educated, angered, amused, confused, or whatever response you have to my daily offerings. I’m going to go to the bakery, have a cup of coffee and a muffin, and read the Times. I think I may read a book today.
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