This catch-up has taken a very long time. Little did we all know what was lurking in the wings when I wrote my last post in February? We were in London in mid-March when things started to look bleak, so returned early to Portugal. We self-isolated for 14 days after our flight, just to make sure we were safe, and so was everyone around us. I started to relax a bit after that but had been scared we might have caught it. Luckily we are keeping well but still being very careful.
The poetry world has been amazing in lockdown. I've never attended so many readings, workshops etc, mostly on Zoom. We now have our Stanza meetings on Zoom and it's working well. Meanwhile my pamphlet is with my publisher Maytree Press and I've had a sneak view of the cover, which I'm in love with. It's as if the artist has got inside my head through the poems.
I've learnt to set up a very simple website, which I will improve on as I learn more, and I'm also learning how to manage Instagram. The next step is to think about how I'm going to launch my pamphlet which is due out in September. I had lots of ideas for readings etc, but will have to re-think my strategy.
Strangely, I've been writing a lot of poems and have had to stop doing jigsaw puzzles which were becoming addictive. I've just opened a new one today after weeks of resistance, as I need a poetry breather...which won't happen, I know!
