Had we but world enough, and plums.

I'm off the edge of the world right now, and have unplugged from the Internet. I have no phone signal, and the kind of spotty, barely-there occasional internet connection that would have been amazing in, say, 1992, but right now is the equivalent of not having an internet at all. (You cannot watch a YouTube video, for example. Big emails take forever to come in, and these days all emails are big.)

There is a plum tree, however.



And there are sheep.


I am writing, except when I go fo...
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Published on September 05, 2010 07:32
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message 1: by Cyd (new)

Cyd Looks peaceful, where are you?


message 2: by Nena (new)

Nena agreed, it does look extremely peaceful.Have to admit I'm a bit jealous.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

i love the place. it looks exactly the same as my childhood place. its paradise.


message 4: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary I grew up on a sheep farm. Had I but world enough, and time, I might be there still.

Good luck on the writing- enjoy!


message 5: by Sherry (new)

Sherry Will we see sheep and plums in your next book?


message 6: by Audrey (new)

Audrey I seriously envy you right now. I want to go to somewhere quiet as well.


message 7: by Lauren (new)

Lauren Singletary Dear Neil Gaiman,
Please make a sequel to Coraline


message 8: by Tina (new)

Tina Enjoy being disconnected. It's a re-energizing, amazing, healing feeling. Also thought I'd add it was such a treat to listen to "The Graveyard Book" that I'm going to take it out from the library again.


message 9: by Liz (new)

Liz Brown mr. gaiman , i so enjoyed your book, is there going to be a sequal to the graveyard book, hope so. you are amzing.


message 10: by David (new)

David I envy the sheep. All the plumbs they could ever have...


message 11: by A.R. (new)

A.R. Moler Sheep + spotty internet availability? And here I thought you might be in Wales.


message 12: by D.M. (new)

D.M. Sounds like a brilliant getaway...if only you could get away! You just CAN'T stop writing, can you? I should have such problems.
(Coincidentally, I read the entry and wrote this comment with my wife reading Crazy Hair to the kid in the background.)


message 13: by Kristen (new)

Kristen That sounds so peaceful... and reminds me of the episode of House Hunters International that I just watched, where they bought a house in Switzerland (my mother had the TV on, and well, it was a distraction from my term paper and college applications, so yes). Anywho, have fun writing and climbing plum trees and all that jazz. :)


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