Hurricane Blues

It's taken me a while to update my blog because we were hard hit by Hurricane Wilma. I left town after three days of no power . . . no Internet, of course (such a techno-geek . . . I really missed email). Food running out. No gasoline for the car to be had. After two weeks away, I returned home to my town an utter mess, but in the grand scheme of things, with the "hurricane burnout" this country has suffered, we did okay.
In the midst of all the disaster, I didn't write. First of all, I had no power. Then, even after I evacuated to someplace with power, I was definitely so weary, I was lucky I could have a coherent thought in my head. I had no emotional energy to write. I tend to pour a bit of myself into my books and with nothing left over emotionally, there was nothing left to give.
So it feels good to finally be back online, back at my laptop, creating again. I am grateful for the simple things like ICE and water I don't have to boil anymore, and cool air conditioning, and food in the stores. And a return to my online world and the gift of communication--phone, blog, email, writer chat groups.
So . . . I'm B-A-A-A-A-C-K!!!!!!!