Slowly doors creak open and heads emerge, like whelks coming up for air as the tide rolls out. The tea-room sighs and breaths them in for a last cup of coffee, a few exchanged words, before a long exhalation to weekend.
I mention how pleased I am that the group has finally been able to start blogging - and that some were blogging away as we were speaking, posting to their blogs, and commenting on others.
Conversation ceases. Coffee cups freeze halfway up to parched lips. Shock and incomprehension frown across faces. "What?" squeezes out through numbed lips. "Don't they know it's Friday afternoon?"
Slowly life oozes back and movement resumes. Coffee hastily swallowed, cups rinsed and left to drain, appliances switched off. And then, a quiet, lone voice ventures, "What's blogging?"
To view the FAM2000F blogs, click on the links off this post.