braggadocio musings

Extra time at the moment, because of university conditions though I dont know how long they'll last - the response is curious - sleeping and doing nothing for several days - apparent laziness and lack of motivation one might think but on consultation many colleagues also experiencing this punctuated by intermittent pangs of guilt - should be doing something, timetable, grid of work, the drive that is always there, the constant tug of emails - once you step off that conveyor belt there is perhaps time for the exhaustion to set in and almost horrifyingly a feeling that you do not want to go back on it. Is this what retirement is like? But I have decided today having reached and passed a low induced by high sugar intake to make use of the time in a more structured way that will allow still for plenty of freedom but a little sense of progress. One of these ways forward is a project I have had tinkering away at the back of my mind for a while - a little collection of poems in braggadocio. I already have one, commissioned for an anthology of women adventurers, and coming across it again after a few weeks absence realize how strong and expressive and attractive I find it so am going to work on producing several. they may not be great they may not all work but by approaching the same typeface in as different ways as i might like who knows what will come out
id have written this too in braggadocio if I could...

(just tried with copy and paste but word wont transport it to the blog - rats - hmm could use this text though           )