As the deadline for The Poison Maker hitting the shelves looms ever closer, I am like a kid waiting for Christmas. I am so excited/nervous/thrilled/crapping myself. Luckily, there are so many books on my TBR list to keep me entertained, as well as beta projects and writing my next book.
I’ve just finished reading This Fragile Earth by Suzanne Wise. A beautiful story. I definitely recommend it. The concept is so interested and, like so many dystopian novels, painfully close to reality.
I was at work today in my day job in healthcare. My computer system broke down and I was on the phone to IT for a while but I had to give up as I couldn’t keep my patients waiting. How dependent we are on these plastic boxes of magic and wizardry. Sometimes there just aren’t enough curse words for how much they annoy me. And yet, I am typing on one now. And our dependence grows and grows.
But then, at the weekend, I was in a pub garden with family. For a moment, five of the adults were scrolling through their phones. The three children, however, were playing a card game (with actual cards!) and after a while, they got up to play tag. The game didn’t last long as children running around a pub garden with food being served wasn’t the best idea. But still, it was a joy to watch for a little while.
I am not a technophobe, nor am I a screen addict, but I, like so many, can get to the end of the day with a stiff neck and a headache, having spent hours forgetting to look up at the world around me.
I hope you are all remembering to look up today.
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