As promised earlier, more dullness.
Time for dinner. We are planning something more substantial today, as appetites are coming back. I will probably still snooze all afternoon, because that’s what I would do even without Covid.
I’ve just finished sorting through dsh or Drifting Sands Haibun if you prefer a title that tells you something about the magazine. I’ve added seven more Haibun to my list, though it’s hard work. They do something with the formatting of the haiku and I can’t work out what it is. I can’t cut and paste successfully, I can’t alter them manually after I’ve pasted, and I can’t even re-write them as there appears to be something in the gap that messes things up. It is like they explode when I move them. I will sort it in time – either with a flash of technical inspiration or by rewriting the whole thing. Even if I have to write them all manually, it isn’t a big job.
As a bit of light relief I ordered groceries for delivery. Next week is going to be focussed on vegetables and I have actually done a menu plan for the week. I say plan, possibly “guide” would be more accurate. I have a list of dishes in my head, I have the ingredients and I just need to sort it out into order.
Five minutes later . . .
Done.
Now I have some Tanka to sort as I go through my thoughts to find more subject matter.
Much later . . .
I have now traced 33 Tanka, 27 haiku/Senryu, 10 Tanka Prose and 14 Haibun. That’s 84 poems. I also know where my published western style poems are, so that’s an extra 21. Total – 105. I stopped counting after 100 so I’m not sure how many are left to find. Whatever it is, it’s a lot less than it was two days ago.
After a nearly two hours digging in archives, I have found another 7 Haibun and 3 Tanka prose. There were others, but I’ve already extracted them by way for looking at old submissions in my email boxes. That’s 115 and I suspect that I can still find at least ten more.
Having looked at my submissions record and thought about things, if I can find that 10 extras that’s probably about all I’ve written. It’s not an interesting pursuit, and it doesn’t make for a particulalrly interesting read, but it is my life.
Covid, filing and a cough. I think I just found my title.
Bean Soup with pumpkin seeds – my attempt at being healthy and sophisticated
Take good care of yourself and Julia, Simon. These viruses can easily knock you back if you are up late and push things too hard too early.
Wow – you seem to be plowing through this bout with Covid. So glad you are able to concentrate enough to do all of this work. I hope Julia is feeling similarly well. Hugs to both of you.
Thank you. Today my Covid worsened. I have done no work at all.
You’re always a sophisticate
One of the neighbours came round with soup. It is a very soupish time. 🙂
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I do hope you both continue to be more betterer
Julia is recovering, I seem to hve hit Peak Covid. Last night the temperature, the bad cough and the bowels all took a turn for the worse. It is easing off today.
May it continue to do so
Much better today, thanks. Enjoyed watching Scotland and Wales play – always enjoy matches more when I’m neutral. Well, almost neutral, you have to support thr neighbours, don’t you.
I certainly do – even though I have family in Australia
Yes, we would be similarly torn if Japan played England, though around half the Japanese team is not Japanese born – a problem they have always had. There’s an interesting article here if you are interested (scroll past the Gareth Thomas stuff). https://www.ruck.co.uk/its-actually-immoral-england-international-calls-for-itv-pundit-to-be-sacked/
That was a fascinating link. When I watched England v France in Sigoules I said I could not lose 🙂
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There you go! Glad you are feeling better.
I may have spoken too soon. 🙁
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