Isn’t bereft a wonderful word? No? Oh, okay. Well anyways – I’m feeling bereft. Oh, hold on – let me just check that it means what I think it means.
- Deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
- Lacking something needed, wanted, or expected
- Suffering the death of a loved one.
Thanks to Merriam Webster for that. I mean 2 and 1 would do but definitely not 3.
But why? Yes, I can hear you crying out all the way from there to here in little-old-York. Well, it’s because I’m downstairs with a nice cup of tea and I can’t find my book! I strongly suspect that it’s upstairs but if I gobuo there I’ll get given something to do. Any protests that I’m having tea will be summarily ignored. Probably.
So I’m writing this instead. Hope you appreciate it. And I hope I appreciate it too when, after an appropriate number of years, I read those posts back to my older self.
And yes, the tea is lovely, thanks.
Robert C Day 
I knew about 1 and 3 but I didn’t know about 2. Glad the tea was good!
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🙂 I do like myself a nice cup of tea. What do you prefer to drink?
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It’s usually water but I wouldn’t mind a cup of tea when it’s raining.
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Your words are like a voice through a door. I can hear them but can’t catch the nuances. You’re very literal. How do you feel about my words? (And yes, that’s a test.(kinda))
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Nuances, as in the tone? Your words or writings by extension come across as friendly, sarcastic and thoughtful at times like in the post titled Green. I hope that’s what you meant 😂
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I think we touched on this before. You expressed that you felt that you were not so adept at (ah, how did you put it now) writing in the chatty way that people talk (or something like that). It was on the other blog you collaborate on I think. I’ll have to read Green now in order to understand you. 😉
Any yeah, sarcasm is my superpower (and one I’m still trying to give up).
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The interactive tone😂 A lot of my blogger friends have a very easy going manner of writing, it almost feels as they’re talking. That’s what I meant, mine comes across as slightly more rigid.
Sarcasm is a good skill to have, especially in these times, everyone could do with a good chuckle every now and then!😂
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I had to dig deep before I found references on the internet to what (I think) you mean when you say interactive tone (“interactive tone” -mapping -amp -control -drawing -beep). And even then there’s barely anything there. The best resource is probably https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/1949/how-can-you-build-an-interactive-tone-into-articles but there will be others.
Have you considered that might be a psychopath? And yeah, I’m totally laughing as I say this and I hope you are too. If not, then that rather speaks to my question. 😉
Still, you’re very interesting to talk with.
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I read what the link led to and that’s exactly what I mean! I’m sorry it took up too much of your time.
That what/who might be a psychopath? I take my online safety relatively seriously and funnily enough, it’s something that I do think about sometimes. But if I were to assume everyone was bad, I wouldn’t be able to enjoy blogging at all.
Thank you! You too!
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Oh, phew, I managed to mangle that sentence. I was actually asking if you might be a psychopath but I thought better of it afterwards. I retract the question. 🙂
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Wow, do I come across as a psychopath? I could go with weird but psychopath is brutal.
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No, not really. You’re just a bit distant, that’s all. But then again, maybe that was just my impression at first. Now, not so much. You’re engaging and human the more I get to know this persona you allow us to interact with here on WordPress. You’re prolly (probably) totally different with your friend in the real world. And then different again with you family. Hmm, deep.
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That is accurate! I agree I do appear less ‘interactive’ online.
But I don’t have different personalities for my family or friends.
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Well that rules Multiple Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia out then. 😉
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