I have written a few posts lately (slowly, slowly, as I normally do..I tend to backspace just as much as I type forward - I'm an editor at heart, not a writer) and then, upon clicking "Publish Post", the posts have disappeared into cyberspace (blogger error page), never to be written again. It does make one rather click-shy. I promise myself I will copy everything I write onto the clipboard before clicking, but hope springs eternal, and there it goes again.

One day, I re-wrote a short post three times, and it never did get published. A few days later, my anger subsided, and I went back to blogger, only to see the original post sitting there, saved as a draft.

This morning I wrote something clever (I'm sure it was clever) about waking up and hearing water - a waterfall? no. a shower? no. the dishwasher? oh. it's raining. (There, that was at least as clever if not more succinct than the way I wrote it this morning.)

There seem to be too many parentheses in this post, but I just can't bear the thought of taking them out and having to re-write anything again.

I'm remembering to copy this post before clicking....! Hold your breath!

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