With the Houtis still sending us rockets, and Isis trying to take over Syria, our troubles are not over.   

I’m used to the sirens so I follow the rules automatically.

But I’m just waiting for the hostages to come home and then I’ll start worrying about Isis and then maybe the Houtis.

And then, maybe, I can start worrying about concentrating on writing.  

This is not just a personal confession.  Not only is the Israel Association of Writers in English holding an evening about “uncertainty” but SELI, the organization of English departments in Israeli universities, is having a conference next month about the difficulty of writing now.    Creativity as well as Concentration is much more difficult in this extended war.