You must all think I am so rude. All those people who have sent email and left comments. I don’t tend to reply, but I do read them and appreciate them, I really do. 

Oh, except for those emails from the last few weeks, which I didn’t appreciate - until today. No, stop! I didn’t read them until today. You see, recently I set up my blog Yahoo email to forward to my regular Yahoo email, but I was either in a hurry or I was under the mistaken impression that I was an Average Male.  

I didn’t read the instructions.

And those engineering types at Yahoo obviously like to punish anybody who doesn’t read instructions. By letting them go for weeks thinking they have set up mail forwarding - after all, the steps were followed, the mailbox was created - when, in fact, they have not.

Believe it or not (probably not) I used to be what is so quaintly termed an “IT Professional”.  I have become so lazy these days that I can’t even bother to set up a proper email account and then  - this is the crucial part - test it.

Pause to whack flat of hand dramatically on forehead.  

So, this morning, I did. You may now email me at sophie AT inzaburbs DOT com.  

I hope you will, even if it is only to reassure me that I am not senile, stupid or both. I promise I will read your emails. I think I can still remember how to read.