Aaaa-tchoo!
Tuesday July 28, 2009
Just in case regular readers of this blog are beginning to wonder if I have fallen off the edge of the map, I thought I should write a short post just to update you on the past couple of weeks.
About ten days ago, we moved down from Leeds to Leicester. The last time we moved was a year ago, and so we’re pretty darned slick these days when it comes to packing boxes and the like, but there was still an awfully large quantity of books to lug half way across the country. Having made the move, the following morning I went straight down to London for a few days’ research in the School of Oriental and African Studies library. The research was for a future novel that is still very formative – I’m expecting this one to take a good two or three years before I even see a draft – and it was a pleasure to be up to my ears once again in dusty books by obscure scholars. A strange kind of pleasure, no doubt, but a pleasure nonetheless. Anyway, whilst down in London, I started to feel decidedly unwell, and by the time I arrived back in Leicester to a house full of unpacked boxes in the middle of last week, I was not good for much except coughing, sneezing, sweating, sleeping and sitting in a chair staring into space. All of which I did in copious amounts for the next five days before coming to my senses again and blearily raising my head yesterday and staggering out to see if the world outside still existed.
Today I have headed back into the office to catch up on a backlog of emails – the internet connection in the new house is not yet up and running – and to try to see where I am up to with things. I’ve got a couple of things I want to blog about here over the coming days, but it may take another day or so to get back onto my feet…
#2 · Clarke Scott (Loden Jinpa)
28 July 2009
Hey Will,
Good to see your up and about again.
I get the dusty old book thing. There is something about books that bring a smile to my heart. It is as if they are all little nuggets of wisdom. Looking through library archives or shopping in old book stores, is like panning for those little nuggets of wisdom…I feel you :)
#3 · Jacob Russell
29 July 2009
Glad to hear that you’ve recovered. Your blog is one of those I look forward to visiting—like a visit with close friend.
#1 · Richard
28 July 2009
Get well soon!