New definitions for old words

Lacunae: those little spots of time, before going on a journey or going to an appointment. Everything is packed and ready, all the little tasks are done, and as always seems the way, the traveller has allocated more time than was needed for these preparations so that there is this gap of an hour or so, with nothing in particular to do, and no reason or motivation to begin anything new. These moments are usually quite serene: a mild anticipation of the journey to come being balanced by the luxury of unallocated time and the freedom to do anything realised by doing nothing.

Off to Iowa for a day or two. I wish it were Idaho, if only because it would give me free rein to unleash my favourite sinfest joke.