Oh dear. Very, very bad. How can I possibly hope for anyone to support my project if I don't DO anything. After such a lot of work was done last summer, I lost heart after sending the letter to Mrs Mallowan's grandson and receiving no reply whatsoever. No excuse.
My punishment is that the Google Blogger website has completely changed since my last post in October 2011. I hate Google these days. The man in charge seems to have no idea of the original soul of the company and it's clear that all revisions and 'great ideas' have been designed by IT MEN who have no idea that most of us, particularly women of a certain age, feel our way through online tools, rather than using logic. Yuck, I hate logic too.
The outcome is that I have no idea how to write new posts. I have always hoped to do something more dynamic with the blog area, but that's not going to happen given that the current screen is confusing to say the least. That will teach me. At least I have some time now before starting back to work on 26 August.
What has spurred me to resume writing is watching BBC World's bulletins about the continuing murder, nay massacres, of the Syrian people by the country's government. Tonight it's all about the destruction of Aleppo. It made me think of Mrs Mallowan's relief to travel to Alep from Tell Brak in order to have a shampoo and set. It makes me more determined that I WILL retrace her steps and that I will use this time to do more research and find a way to revisit Chagar Bazar and this delightful side of Agatha Christie. Come on girl, you can do it!
BBC reports conflict in Aleppo
My punishment is that the Google Blogger website has completely changed since my last post in October 2011. I hate Google these days. The man in charge seems to have no idea of the original soul of the company and it's clear that all revisions and 'great ideas' have been designed by IT MEN who have no idea that most of us, particularly women of a certain age, feel our way through online tools, rather than using logic. Yuck, I hate logic too.
The outcome is that I have no idea how to write new posts. I have always hoped to do something more dynamic with the blog area, but that's not going to happen given that the current screen is confusing to say the least. That will teach me. At least I have some time now before starting back to work on 26 August.
What has spurred me to resume writing is watching BBC World's bulletins about the continuing murder, nay massacres, of the Syrian people by the country's government. Tonight it's all about the destruction of Aleppo. It made me think of Mrs Mallowan's relief to travel to Alep from Tell Brak in order to have a shampoo and set. It makes me more determined that I WILL retrace her steps and that I will use this time to do more research and find a way to revisit Chagar Bazar and this delightful side of Agatha Christie. Come on girl, you can do it!
BBC reports conflict in Aleppo
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