Some Reasons Why I Have Not Been Blogging

1. Hours and hours of checking train schedules
2. Re-learning how to canter
3. Sunset o’clock comes about a minute earlier each evening
4. I am saving my best stuff for my memoirs
5. Flossing
6. Trying to get rid of a strange refrigerator stonk
7. In the keening of the red-tailed hawk I hear a warning
8. Lack of sleep makes it hard to concentrate
9. Needing to re-read Tobermory  (by Saki)
10. Motion sickness on Amtrak
11. Re-gluing broken chair legs
12. Fun new hashtag games with Twitter friends
13. Riveting daily developments in the New York City mayoral race
14. Deciding which socks to wear
15. Panic attacks about eroding civil rights
16. Working on a novel
17. Buying more eggs and rootbeer
18. Contemplating PhD programs I am unqualified to apply to
19. Dirt roads have bigger ruts
20. Persistent meteorological conditions favorable to outdoor cooking
21. Acquiring corny knock-knock jokes for future project
22. Dogs are setting a bad example

Captain