I have to interrupt my blog posting activities for a few days as I have to stay in the hospital with one of our boys. My internet access is limited there, so I am not sure how often I can update the blog.
So I think it is best to extend the period of time for entries for the steampunk haiku contest until Oct. 26 and then go from there. By that time I should be back home and everything should have returned to normal.
Also if I am not able to draw the winner of the Literary blog hop before that, I will do that as well.
Please be patient! I’ll be back as soon as possible.

Hope your son will be well soon, Rikki.
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Thanks, Judith. At least I will have more time than ever to read as I have nothing else to do there. So I am planning to come back with quite a few reviews ready to post.
I like your positive attitude, Rikki. Do take some lighter reads – at least, I find in places where there are other people around (like airports, trains and hospitals) I find it harder to concentrate on the more difficult books.
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Don’t worry about your blog, my friend! Some things are simply more important!!
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Thanks, Birgit. I know, just that this falls exactly into the time where a couple of events run out. Excellent timing,
. So, the least I can do is letting people know.
Hope your son will get better soon! Don’t worry about us, your not worthy followers
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Best wishes for your son’s recovery. I know how you are feeling, i am spending three days a week out of town with my parents while my dad has chemo.
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Hope your soon is doing better – whatever the issue. And some of your readers (meaning me) are so far behind on our blog reading that you can skip a few days without us really noticing.
– but hope you’ll be back and everyone going strong soon.
Thank you. We are still in hospital but he is doing better. I hope to be out of that place by the end of the week.
Tami, I know, when I am back home I will probably have about 3000 blog posts to read in my Google reader. I suppose it will be the “mark all as read” button for me,
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