On Monday morning, having just posted a reel about the lovely bookmaking workshop I’d done in Manchester last week, I’m informed that my Instagram and Facebook accounts have been blocked due to a ‘violation’ of Community Standards.  No, me neither.  It informs me that I can appeal so I press the button, expecting that it will tell me what this violation is and invite my response. Nope.  Just another message telling me that my appeal has been submitted and their Lord High Majesties of the Most Holy Order of the Techverse will hand down their judgement as and when they can be arsed. (I made up that last bit, but you get my drift).  Initially, I confess, I was somewhat miffed.  How am I to communicate with my adoring fans??  But then enlightenment dawned.  Finally I have the perfect opt-out from Soshul Meeja.  No more trying to come up with eye-catching photos, clever captions, suitable background music. No more scrolling through other people’s posts and feeling inadequate because they’re so much better at this stuff than me.  Oh Joy!  Of course, the downside is, I do still have to earn a living, so I need some way of letting people  know what I’m up to.  Hence, Dear Reader, this blog post.  From now on, all the navel-gazing I once posted on Instagram, will appear here so if you were one of those lovely people who ‘followed’ me and occasionally liked and commented on my random musings, you can hopefully still do so.  In fact, I’d really appreciate a comment on this post in particular, just so I know there’s someone out there reading this drivel and I’m not pointlessly shouting into the void. Thank You