My solution this time was to travel to places where talking the language would occupy my mind, and where the heat of summer means you live at a different pace.
The charms of a small village on the southern coast of Turkey, followed by a spell in a charming village in the Languedoc, where even the cats understand the art of a leisurely life, works the necessary magic .....
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so getting back to writing, researching and editing is no longer daunting. En avant!!