I will entertain you more soon, my darlings

My mother tried to put it delicately:

"I check your blog every day or every other day," she said, "to see how you're doing. I always know you're okay, and even if you're not okay, you blog about it. You even blogged after being hit by a cab! But when you don't blog at all, well...."

Her theory was that a cessation in blogging meant I was doing better than okay. And indeed I am.