It has been so long since I looked at the blog, and when I read it today I was quite impressed by the quality of the writing. And since I last posted about a book, I have read dozens--but if I tried to remember them, I would get lost--remembering only a few.

We are in the middle of a pandemic--stuck inside a lot of the time, little or no contact with friends and relations, no chance to travel, no theatres, no concerts--nothing involving other people. Joan and I have each other, and unlike what we read about strains on relationships during the Covid crisis, we seem to be able to keep on excellent terms wirh each other and provide each other with the emotional support we need.

So I will begin again..better to be writing something than playing sudoku or doing the Guardian crossword. Tomorrow I will finish a long novel by Shirley Hazzard and write a bit about it.