As happens often lately, I am staring at the computer screen in the hope that I will manage to come up with a few cunning words. Silence is still beyond my ken.

Addendum (February 27, 2017)

Times are changing, though. And how. So many years later, I am no longer staring at the computer screen in the hope that I will manage to come up with a few words, cunning or otherwise. I am thus happy to report that silence is no longer beyond my ken. Far from it. In fact, periods of silence are stretching ever longer as of late. In a few short years, silence will be my house and home. Which is why I cannot but feel sorry for myself so many years ago. Back then, I was in the throes of a writing craze that amazes me to this day. A veritable volcano, it struck me as out of control. But no longer. Cunning or not, words are now shepherded with due care. And blessed silence reigns much of the time…