Hello! It’s been a while…

I’m flexing my fingers over the keyboard and feeling a little rusty at this, but it’s time to restart the blog.

Since my last post life has been a mix of busy, frantic, hurry up and wait, idle dreaming and just getting on with life – cruising sailing is also known as ‘maintenance in exotic locations’ and I can assure you that is correct! There’s always something to fix on a boat…

I’ve missed the writing, but there’s been so much more to do away from the keyboard. My love of photography has allowed me to fill my social media feeds with images of the beautiful places we’re privileged to visit.

But it’s time to re-engage the writing brain and see what’s in there. Covid left me with some health issues to work through and brain fog was one of those. I’d love to borrow a line out of that wonderful Johnny Nash song and sing ‘I can see clearly now’, but I’m not quite there yet! However, I’m hopeful that my love of words will help restore some of those patchy areas of vocabulary.

I’m grateful the characters in my latest, and much neglected, work in progress have been patient. They’ve understood their time will come and they’ve continued to talk amongst themselves, and invade my dreams from time to time to remind me that they haven’t forgotten me either.

I’m also incredibly grateful to a couple of fellow writers who’ve made me commit to producing something before our next on-line catch up at the end of February. Living aboard the boat full time means I miss the ‘in person’ writing community. The monthly catch ups with Annabelle and Margareta are wonderful and a great reminder that while writing can be solitary it doesn’t need to be lonely.

So here I am, snugly moored in Eden on the south east coast of New South Wales. The weather forecast is looking promising for an early departure on Saturday for a two to three day sail to Tasmania’s east coast. I’ve taken this first plunge and dived back into this blog. Now I need to dive back into my current manuscript.

Wish me luck!