I haven’t exactly neglected this blog—it’s more a case of being busy with other things.
For one, my son and his friend successfuly completed their long cycle ride, and raised more than their expected amount of money in donations for their chosen charities. It goes without sayng that I’m very proud of my son, and his friend, but I’m saying it anyway. They covered over a thousand miles in fifteen days. Not bad at all for a 50-year-old who had a heart attack just a year ago.
My wife is now permanently in a care home, and that is a situation I’m still coming to terms with. This is a private matter, not for public viewing.
My writing muse is returning, but taking very small steps to do so. The Shadow Land group at the WVU paid membership site http://writersvillage.com, and other writing friends, are a great help and very supportive.
The site will shortly be getting a facelift by its founder, Bob Hembree; a man of many talents who is dedicated to helping writers. The completely free writing course, called F2k, which runs for seven weeks several times a year, has already had a facelift. This includes its own social network site with a great many aspects to it that are taking me some time to get used to. However, it is also encouraging my muse to awaken—hence this update to my blog. At some future date, I might decide to post some of the writing exercises I’ve done in the WVU classrooms, but not just yet.
I think that’s enough for now.
Wishes and vibes,
Grumps. 
