Waiting for Milton Keynes

[smellingbottle]

Bizarrely (or maybe appropriately?) to Milton Keynes last night, to see the Sean Mathias/Ian McKellen/Patrick Stewart Godot. I’d misread the train timetable, and got there much too early, and, having never been in central Milton Keynes before, was naively under the impression I could wander about the centre of town, and have a drink before the

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[roomette]

Ah, I do miss your updates....

[smellingbottle]

I should come over and comment on yours much more often - I do always read! - but I've been living in the Middle East writing a novel since October, and the novel seems to take up all my writing energies. Plus as I have absolutely no idea about the future - have just taken temporary leave from my academic job, not actually quit - writing something diary-ish feels like a form of Planning Pressure, if you know what I mean. Everything feels rather tentative. But the novel is being very absorbing, which is good. Hope you are well and feeling creative.