Erm, Hello Everybody; It's Me Again

[poliphilo]

So- metaphorically speaking- I went  as far as the street corner, hung around till it got chilly and then came home. There are, I believe, marriages in which this kind of thing happens all the time.

I hope I've been away long enough not to seem a complete fool.

Besides,  I proved to myself I can get by without having the computer on all the time- and that's good.  For the best part of a week, I switched it on for an hour in the morning and an hour at night- and all the rest of the day I did housework, tidied the attic, cooked plum crumble, socialized, read books, watched Ghost Whisperer- and did crossword puzzles.  It was a return to basics. I enjoyed it.

But crossword puzzles or LJ- which is the better use of my time?  No-brainer, that one.  Besides I was lying in bed, composing LJ posts in my head, and it seemed pretty silly not to be writing them down.

Comments

[ingenious76.livejournal.com]

Good to see you again!

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

And like all good marriages where this happens, you are welcomed back with a nice cup of (metaphoric) tea and you can get comfy in your chair again and no more will be said.

[silverhawkdruid.livejournal.com]

Hey, we all need a change of scenery from time to time. :-) Welcome back!

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Hehe - once bitten, forever smitten! I'm glad you enjoyed your back-to-basics week, but I'm glad you're back, too.

Over the years, I've sometimes gone through phases of feeling the same sort of things as you did last week - that I'm frittering time away on LJ and could use it better elsewhere. But I've also gradually realised that the very nature of LJ allows for phases like that. You can take a holiday for a while, or even announce a temporary hiatus, without it needing to be an irreversible decision. If it turns out you really don't want to come back, that's fine - but if you do, it's all still waiting here.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I hoped you'd be back.

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Hello!
Good to see you back again :-)
x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me, it's a good half hour since I had a nice cuppa. I need to go put the kettle on.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I was beginning to treat LJ as if it were a job- that obliged me to produce a post every day. The fun had gone out of it.

My approach now will be much lighter. If I've got something to say I'll say it- and if not I'll take the day off.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Cheers. It feels good.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm happy to be back.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

*beams*

you know I would never have written a single poem if it wasn't for reading yours.

Welcome home.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

And very good poems they are too. You have a lovely, light touch.

Thank you.

It's good to be back....

[wokenbyart.livejournal.com]

You must've made a lot of plum crumble! (How I miss my mum's apple crumble.)

Well... I stayed away from LJ for about a year give or take a month or two, having said I was leaving and would never return. I'm so used to this 'place'.

[dadi.livejournal.com]

Happy to have you back :)

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Nice to see you back. I was afraid you'd fallen in love with Wikimedia or something.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

I was once absent from LJ for a month. Well, not actually absent, I'd just put up a future dated post and hadn't figured out how "date out of order" worked so my posts were ALL in the future. I was beginning to wonder was I getting boring...

[jenny_evergreen]

That's exactly the key. *nodnod*

[oakmouse]

Everybody needs breaks now and again. I didn't see your original post until I got back online after my move, but I'm quite pleased to see this one. Your stuff is always interesting and worth a read, and I'd missed you while first I and then you were gone. Welcome back!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My father-in-law's plum tree is (for the first time ever) producing huge amounts of fruit. Consequently I've been making a crumble a day- and yesterday I also cooked pork in a plum sauce.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Glad to be here. :)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Wikimedia was a diversion. I posted all my photos over there- and then ran out of things to do.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

So, did those posts not show up until the future date was reached?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I was only gone a week.

I'm glad you're posting again too- and look forward to hearing about Maryland....