Living on a knife edge
My mother was an inveterate worrier. A night wouldn’t go by without her lying awake worrying, usually about me or my sisters, but on the rare occasions she felt out …
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Sand through the fingers
I note, with some regret, that it is four months since my last post. Four months which have been filled with a frantic attempt to ‘do normal things’ whilst recognising …
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Southend Gross-Out Day and the Joy of Yes
In February 1998 our family moved into a rambling, four-storey Victorian semi that can best be described as ‘needy’. We consequently spent a frantic first nine months doing urgent repairs …
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A mark in the sand
When you are facing a flood it is sometimes difficult to know if the waters are still rising or if they are subsiding. The trick is to drive a stick …
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The List
There is only one thing more satisfying than a to-do list and that is a to-do list with some of the tasks already crossed off. It is a deception of …
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The tunnel
The boat nudges into the deep cutting and the entrance of the tunnel looms large. The trees hide the sun, a chill air descends and you regret not having put …
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What fills you up?
What fills you up? What activities or situations feed your spirit and give you the energy to cope with the pressures of life? What are the things that bring you …
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New perspectives
Have you ever stopped to think what is involved in putting on a coat? No, I didn’t think so. It is something you do without thinking until you find yourself …
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The correct way to eat peanut M&M’s
As regular readers will know, this blog is an eclectic mix of travelogue, intimate diary and thought pieces at the heart of which lie insights on important matters. Well, never …
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Why don’t you just …?
BBC Radio 4 has recently broadcast a three-episode series ‘Walks like a duck’ in which Louise Halling records her experience of living with muscular dystrophy for twenty years. It is …
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