Unplugged
Rain stopped play on Friday and yet also started it. Basically, the trip to Rhodes was off as we didn’t fancy being drenched all morning, the air was vibrating with thunder, and the weather was not good, to say the least. Didn’t fancy walking down a waterfall (Kali Strata) to wait for the boat in the rain, though there is a shelter at the new quay now. At the other end, it would have been a case of shopping in a downpour, and none of it was urgent, so we decided to stay at home and go this week instead, weather permitting. On the other hand, it’s amazing what you get done when you daren’t have your internet plugged in…
Okay, so no stories were written, but I was able to continue work on last year’s Christmas present, a figure model (Dracula). I had started this in early summer, but the paint started to dry in the pots because of the heat, and winter is a better time for such things anyway. So, I picked it up and carried on at the kitchen table for most of the morning and today, Sunday, it’s nearly done. I’ve not made one since I was 12 or something, and the results now are pretty much how they were then, but it keeps me off the streets and gives me something to do during bad weather.
The storm passed over during the day, and it’s been wet/dry ever since. A bigger storm and worse weather are scheduled for Monday when I need to call into Yialos to pick up a piano, as you do, but as I don’t drive, that may have to wait until things improve. Meanwhile, the bookshop is holding onto the large parcel for me, and I hope it doesn’t clog up their shop too much. Saturday was a better day weather-wise, and I was back online as it was safe to plug the computers back in. I was unable to unblock a block I had/have on a story I am working on. 60,000 words in, and I realised I’d tied myself in knots with too many clues and too deep a mystery, so it’s a case of starting again, hey ho! And it is to that adventure which I must now return before the next storm blows in and everything gets unplugged again.
