Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Lou Holtz - American football coach

For the last twenty four hours I've been losing access to my emails for several hours at a time until the service is temporarily restored. Strangely, I can still sign in to MSN Messenger and receive notification of emails, but sometimes I access the Hotmail site.

It seems like I'm not the only person encounting this problem; I blogged about a similar loss of service a couple of years ago, and several blog visitors have read that entry...it won't be any help to them though.

I normally have about twenty or thirty daffodils in bloom, but this spring it looks like I'll only have four. I don't know why: maybe the bulbs are too old - I planted them five years ago.

I'm hoping for a good display of bluebells though; they seem to be appearing all over the garden - it will be a few weeks before they flower.

Well, yes it did! There was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake about forty miles away in Lincolnshire at one o'clock this morning, but I didn't feel a thing - I was fast asleep.

According to news reports there was quite a bit of damage in Gainsborough (about 15 miles away) and a child has been injured in Wombwell, near Barnsley (ten miles away.)

Although I didn't feel this one; I have felt two previous earthquakes, both smaller and further away; but I was awake - sitting on the bed and watching TV.