Hiatus

I'm never sure whether the word hiatus refers to a break from something or a bit of a fuss. In the same way hoi polloi could be posh people or the lower classes.

Anyway, regular readers will note that I've taken a bit of a hiatus from writing to the hoi polloi about our exciting adventures in Boston  Cambridge. I did go to the library last week and write about the two reasons for this which was (1) I have toothache which has now become infected and (2) A dear friend said my writing was dull and homourless but having reviewed this writing I have decided to add a third reason (3) I'm not very interesting.

Before you flood my inbox with replies to the contrary and jam my phone with reassuring messages of support I should clarify my position which is that writing about my toothache isn't very interesting and I should publish Peter's words without embellishment as a lesson in the economic use of language to great effect.