WAGS 01.06.2022: The Real Omega Blog

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       Apologies to all for the absence of the blog post for 01.06.2022, temporarily. This was to have been a Grand Finale Blog, for the Season, and for the WAGS, but alas after 4+ hours of brilliant purple prose accompanied by a plethora of pictures, one little whimper from the computer and the draft disappeared into Cyberspace, where it probably remains to this day, circling despairingly round a planet named Google.

    This was Saturday afternoon, and despite all efforts to recover it, there was no trace.

   I restarted about an hour ago, and this time I only lost a couple of pix and some text when it blinked again, and joined the previous draft.

     I am doubly disheartened, not only because I lost the work, but because I cannot restore it, and  it happened a second time without reason. This is written on a small laptop, which seemed a possibility, but it is slow and awkward so I have given that up. Additionally  my daughter arrived Saturday night, and it is my birthday this week, so I will have no chance after this small apology until I can sort out the tech.

    For the moment all I can do is leave you with this. There will be no official WAGS walk this week, owing to absences and lack of interest. Lets see if a Hero arises from the Ashes!




This too shall pass


Comments

  1. Myriam6 June 2022 at 17:00

    Don't worry! You will certainly be able to retrieve the lost masterpiece! We can wait!
    As the Portuguese say, "Tenha paciência Chinesa"!

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