A year ago, August 2012, I got motivated, inspired, what-have-you, and took over the corner computer desk in the living room. I got rid of the children's desktop computer and the clutter of an unused study space, dusted and scrubbed, set up my laptop with the external monitor/keyboard/mouse, arranged my theology and liturgy textbooks on one side and important reference books (Lord of the Rings, Strunk and White, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Canticle for Liebowitz) on the other, and declared myself ready to unleash my creativity.
My creativity, however, is too used to a lifetime of captivity, and it just raised one eyelid, thumped its tail at my enthusiasm, and settled back into the warm comfort of daily life. While I sat chirping at it encouragingly, Life snuck up behind me and smacked me up one side and down another, completely distracting me for the next ten months.
I'm looking ahead to the end of the month, when school starts and everyone gets up and leaves by six in the morning. Last year I planned to record myself reading the Daily Office, or at least Morning Prayer. Now I think I will try Dawn prayer - which is actually the last of the "little hours" of night time: the hours of midnight, the nightwatch, and dawn.
I've just ordered a webcam, we'll see if I can muster the discipline to make this happen. More to come, with hope.
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