In the 1990s there was a great British indie band called Catatonia. I still jig along to their music every now and then, especially one album called Equally Cursed and Blessed. The word catatonia came to mind recently when the obsessive knitter and I were talking about why we hadn’t written anything for this blog recently.

Now, obviously, dear reader, life gets in the way of writing sometimes (earthquakes, PhD applications, new jobs, etc.).

But what the obsessive knitter and I realised was that we had just lived through a catatonic period of writing. Both of us, eyeing each others’ writing up, wishing we could achieve what the other did. Tying ourselves up in knots and falling into a bit of a stupor.

What to do but laugh and get on with it. We hope you enjoy the future of this blog, whether it be cursed or blessed.

BDW