procrăs’tin  āte, v.i. & t. Defer action, be dilatory; (rare) postpone (action).

It could be, though I’m sure others would lay similar claim, the author’s malaise. That unwelcome guest at the writer’s desk, procrastination. Down the ages the pen has tarried, the keys have fallen silent, and so often the cause has arrived unannounced, unfathomed, and unwelcome.

And so I think, I stare, I listen, I e-mail, I blog, I tweet. I turn the music up, and put the kettle on. I stroke the cat, and pull the weeds. I plan, I research, I prepare. I write….but not nearly so much as I should, or could.

So until they find a cure, I struggle endlessly with the “P” word as best I can.