Very brief Sunday update

[dolorosa_12]

I walked Mum down to her train to London a couple of hours ago, where she will return in advance of her flight back to Australia tomorrow. It's been a good visit, closed off with a meal out in Cambridge last night (which gave me some cooking ideas of my own), a final round of gardening — in which I picked half the apples off the tree and handed them down to her, while we were watched by a fearless and inquisitive robin — and afternoon coffees at my favourite bakery in town.

Other than that, it's been a lot of chores and Olympics. At some point, I'll have more than a little bit of spare time and energy, but that doesn't seem to be the case right now.

Comments

[gingicat]

Sounds lovely!

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you — it definitely has been!

[author_by_night]

That sounds nice. :)

[dolorosa_12]

Thanks, it definitely was!

[svgurl]

Sounds like fun! Wishing your mom a safe journey home. :)

[lirazel]

So glad you had a good visit with your mom!

[enitharmon]

Oh, you're still here Ronni! That's good to know. I drop i occasionally to see what I wrote on LiveJournal many years ago. Not least my blogging of Ulysses and the birth of Tosca's kittens!

[dolorosa_12]

I am still here — I never left, and I have always found Dreamwidth suits me much better than any other social online platform. The emphasis on longform text and slower, more deliberate replies and unfolding conversations, rather than rapid-fire, real-time immediate reactions (plus the smaller user base with more of a sense of a stake in the platform as a community) leads to a better atmosphere, I find.

Sorry for the extremely slow response — I've been travelling for the past two weeks! I'm glad to see you've still got a Dreamwidth account, and hope to see more of you around these parts.