I am back at work after two weeks off (hence the quiet hereabouts). I can happily report that the Margaret River wine growing area of Western Australia is a serene delight and that all the WA friends we caught up with are perfectly lovely.
I have nothing quite so positive to say about returning to my day job, so perhaps it’s better to leave that subject alone. It would not reflect well on the spirit of the project that I am planning for next month.
Specifically, October 2012 will be the Month of Relentless Positivity here at Lexifabricographer. That’s right, in celebration of ten years of happy marriage, a healthy and loving family, a largely rewarding job and a not-always-infuriating writing hobby, the Month of Relentless Positivity will feature daily blogs focusing on things I think should be celebrated.
(It is not unfair to ask whether there are, in fact, as many as 31 things about which I am capable of writing something upbeat. We will see. I consider it a challenge to my journalistic instincts).
The first few entries shouldn’t be too hard – I read a lot of good books and drank some awfully good wines while I was on holidays, so expects some recommendations from that direction. And this weekend I will be attending the Conflux 8 speculative-fiction convention here in Canberra. I’ll even be on a panel (my first panel ever, which is to say my first exposure to a convention panel of any kind will be as a participant – yikes!)
Topic suggestions will be thoughtfully entertained, especially around the 10th or so when I run out of ideas.