Random Musings

Ennui and Melancholy

Ennui and melancholy, I am suffering from both tonight. Cannot for the life of me get my motor started. I sat in front of the laptop for at least two hours, trying to write, but it wouldn't come. Instead, I read news articles, surfed the net, and perused some pieces on this site. I rated one poem, but wasn't moved enough by it to make an expanded comment.

I switched from electronic reading to tradtional, reading a couple of chapters in my current novel, an engaging book about real estate in Manhattan, NY, and the inner workings of the hoi-polloi. Very interesting stuff.

But that engagement only lasted so long. The words started running together. I'd get to the bottom of a page and realize I didn't remember anything I'd read, so I left off of that. Seemed like a lost cause.

I don't think I'm sick, but I really don't feel like myself tonight. Despite my best efforts to get out from under it, the gray has enveloped me in its soft folds. I

think I'm going to give into it and call it a night.