Dear Blog,
I am so sorry for my long absence. It’s not you, it’s me. Or it’s February, which has turned into March, which since they are months require capital letters, but if they didn’t, I’d have used them, because even though there hasn’t actually been a winter, it’s been Winter, you know?
I saw the year’s first snowdrops today, though, so perhaps pathetic fallacy will out and I will soon sprout new posts.
I just want you to know that I do think about you often, even if I have not made it to the pile of posts waiting to be written.
Love,
Nathalie

Winter is extremely blah and a very good excuse for not doing things. Perfectly reasonable! (But nice to see you back.)