The studio pauses.

On Tuesday I watched the big storm roll in, thunder rumbling, winds blowing and heard — crack — the sound of a neighbour’s tree breaking at its centre and crashing across three backyards, stopping just short of ours!

No one was hurt, thank goodness, but it will take time to recover. Our wires came down and so this will be a bit of an unintended online sabbatical.

I’ll be back as soon as possible and the podcast will return next week. I’m delighted to share that my guest will be creative icon Natalie Goldberg.