Hiatus

From dictionary.com;

–noun, plural -tus⋅es, -tus.

1.	a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.

2.	a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript.

3.	any gap or opening.

4.	Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily.

5.	Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.

Origin: 
1555–65; < L hiātus opening, gap, equiv. to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action

Related forms:

hi⋅a⋅tal, adjective

Synonyms:
3. break, interval, space.

I have rather a lot on my plate until next week (exciting but stressful things going on) so have been forced to put blogging on the back burner. On the plus side this gives me some time to find new things to post about. On the other hand I am too busy to trawl the internet looking for ideas. 

I promise than normal service will resume shortly. I know I said that when I went to India and it hasn't happened yet, but it will.