“One can
understand the pent-up feelings that may result from decades of
repression and people who’ve had members of their family killed by
that regime, for them to be taking their feelings out on that
regime.”
– Donald
Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, April 12, 2003
I think it’s time for me to retreat once again
to the Hermitage on the Edge of Oblivion.
It’s not for lack of material for Hobby Games
Recce. Goodness knows I have pages of notes, bits of ideas, and a few
paragraphs for numerous blog posts about various aspects of the
adventure gaming hobby.
I am no doubt feeling the effects of the pandemic,
of three months trying to stay safe and healthy, with my wife working
from home and my son finishing the last semester of “school” at
an amazingly minimal level. My parental duties require feeding the 10
year-old at irregular yet frequent intervals and entertaining him in
lieu of other activities now eliminated by the pandemic. My
overwhelming sense of spousal guilt has me working more on the
seemingly infinite household and yard projects. I’ve not had much
time or focus for myself or my gaming/writing endeavors; that level
of non-fulfillment and dissatisfaction has drained much of my
inspiration and energy.
