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Sunday, 29 November 2015

Unplugged? Who? Moi ?


To unplug or to ne unplugged?
To plug or be unplugged

I ? Unplugging my computer? Unplugging my blog? Are you dreaming? Or are you teasing me?
I had to live unplugged for more than a year. It was awful during the first weeks – and I was not blogging at that time. Participating in online reading groups. Posting brief messages and illustrations on Facebook. Following a few friends. Reading the news. Working about literary papers and needing online resources.

Grumpy without connection


Finally, I found that The Village provided an internet connection twice a week, three hours each day. I was the first, waiting for the doors to open. I was the last, being gently but firmly pushed out.
No notes to be taken at odd hours. No research during the night. Nobody to talk to. No discussion about books. A complete desert.

man-in-desert-with-umbrella-and-single-cloud-bruce-rolff
Looking wistfully for a connection

Therefore unplugged, NOW? No, nope, never!
Well, yes, of course. I have to. I need to. I like to. To be unplugged. But only because I know I can connect again anytime I wish… Et toc !


ding dong merrily on high
Connection retrieved!


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