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Trying to slow the hell down
After a dinner-table conversation last weekend, somehow I agreed to escort my eldest daughter to a…
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A Day in the City
After escaping the house a little after 9am this morning, we made our way to the…
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Everything, Everywhere
After watching the inexorable march of Substack towards the same commercially driven hellscape as countless platforms…
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Nine days
In the midst of feeling pretty depleted last night, a wonderful friend reminded me that I…
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Strawberry jam on toast versus the common cold
While brushing my teeth a few days ago, it occurred to me that I haven’t been…
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The one where I flooded the kitchen
While taking a break from work this morning, I wandered into the kitchen and decided that…
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Faking it
A few days ago while walking home from town the cogs at the back of my…
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Escapology and Weird Dreams
I discovered this morning that I can’t listen to a podcast and write at the same…
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The Extroverted Introvert Corollary
A few days ago I made the colossal mistake of setting foot into the “social internet”…
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The Saturday Spoons Ritual Continues
I woke with a start at 7:30am this morning – to the sound of a door…
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The almost impossible search for unicorns
I started writing a blog before the word “blog” had entered common parlance.
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Escape
It occurred to me this morning that I’m not so much living in an escape room…