I’m back. Sorry I couldn’t leave an absence note, I didn’t have time. Little Emily was taken ill and it was all a bit of a rush, Branwell came to get me in his carriage and I only had a few minutes to pack my case. Charlotte and Anne were away visiting which only left me and my debatable skills but I must have done something right, she’s much better now.
Panic attacks – I had many. Meltdown – I almost had one but I didn’t, I raided Branwell’s laudanum cupboard instead (he didn’t mind).
You wouldn’t think so but the worse thing was that the Victorians are noisy sods, they love banging and clanging their metal in the mills and the forges, even the kids play with big metal hoops – and those fucking horseshoes on the cobbles – my ears are driving me loopy after all that, I need a lot of quiet so if anyone comes in can you please keep the volume down. Thank you.
Notes From A She-Hermit ©™® 
Victor Tookes
/ April 14, 2012/screams “Oh my god you’re back, YAAAAAAY!!!”
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear Victor,
Ssshhhh!!! It hurts.
Love Dotty xxx
maggiemyklebust
/ April 14, 2012Glad to hear little Emily is feeling better 🙂
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear Maggie,
Thank you – she’s almost back to her old naggy self.
Love Dotty xxx
Veggiewitch
/ April 14, 2012*tip-toes in and whispers*
Dearest Dotty,
So glad you’re back.
Much love,
Veggiewitch ♥
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear veggiewitch,
Thank you, so am I.
And thank you for so being quiet. 🙂
Love Dotty xxx
owl
/ April 14, 2012Dear Dotty,
I missed you. The blogosphere is not the same when you’re not here. Even my blog got a little pissy.
Love,
Owl
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear owl,
Thank you. I missed the land of blogs too, I wish the Victorians had invented the internet.
I heard there’s a way to house-train blogs involving sheets of newsPAPER on the floor but I don’t know if it works.
Love Dotty xxx
owl
/ April 14, 2012Dear Dotty,
Heh heh heh.
Love,
Owl
PS: my blog is feeling much better now.
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear owl,
I’m glad to hear that. 🙂
Love Dotty xxx
Grumpy
/ April 14, 2012Dear Dotty,
So glad you’re back. Missed you.
Grumpy x
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear Grumpy,
Thank you, I’m glad to be back. 🙂
Love Dotty xxx
judithatwood
/ April 14, 2012Dear Dotty,
(In a whisper,) I’m glad you’re back — I was going to wait til tomorrow and start sending out alarms — mostly to you, which if you needed the alarm you wouldn’t be able to receive it, but you know what I mean! Little Emily was very lucky to have her good friend to be with her — the proof is in the pudding, so if she’s better, you did something right, right, right! And thanks for your kind words about my poem — I’m going to try again soon.
Love you lots!
Judith
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear Judith,
Thank you, and thank you for being quiet, it’s very much appreciated.
I just fed her loads of Cumberland sausages and laudanum and she recovered – magic food, magic medicine. 🙂
I look forward to reading more of your poems. 😎
Love Dotty xxx
judithatwood
/ April 14, 2012Dear Dotty,
Magic is right! I think Cumberland Sausages and laudanum sound like a great cure for what ails a person. 😎 I will write more poetry very soon. Love, Judith
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear Judith,
🙂
Love Dotty xxx
ljstetina
/ April 14, 2012I tried to be quiet but my big fat ass hit the door with a slam SORRY…glad your back and all is well.
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 14, 2012Dear LJ,
Thank you. You should rub on some Witch Hazel to bring out the bruising.
Love Dotty xxx
the howler and me
/ April 14, 2012Dear Dotty,
I am so very glad you are well, and back in the land of the blogs. 🙂
Honestly, it was a tad on the boring side here without you. (ok more than a tad)
love,
the howler and me
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 15, 2012Dear the howler and me,
Thank you, I was bored too – little Emily was sleeping most of the time, Papa Brontë was holed up in his study writing and Branwell was out whoring.
Love Dotty xxx
tadams4u
/ April 15, 2012“Yelling across the pond” – CALL OFF THE HOUNDS!! WE FOUND DOTTY! oh, sorry, they’ve been out looking for your body for a few days now…. 😉
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 15, 2012Dear Brick,
They’re not very well trained, are they? Would they have eaten me if they’d found me?
Love Dotty xxx
tadams4u
/ April 15, 2012Depends on how many of those sausages you still had stuffed in your pockets. 😉
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 15, 2012Dear Brick,
HA! None!
Love Dotty xxx
Sword-chinned bitch
/ April 15, 2012Looked forward to hearing from you…
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 15, 2012Dear Swordy,
Thank you.
Love Dotty xxx
ranton2011
/ April 15, 2012Dear Dotty,
(The Yank Hillbilly in her indoor voice softly says)
Welcome back.
Love Ranton
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 15, 2012Dear ranton,
Thank you. 🙂
Love Dotty xxx
pouringmyartout
/ April 15, 2012That is why the Victorians are extinct now, the noise.
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 15, 2012Dear pmao,
And I used to think it would be SO peaceful there …
Love Dotty xxx
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
pouringmyartout
/ April 15, 2012We all romanticize the past.
Dotty Headbanger
/ April 16, 2012Dear pmao,
I can’t imagine us romancing now 20 years in the future.
Love Dotty xxx