Coming home from our morning walk in the park I experienced one of those rare moments in which everything seems aligned and joy clicks into place. It was short-lived. I saw the puddle of water on the kitchen floor first, and then, after my brain had started sifting through the possible ways it … [Read more...] about Defining Catastrophe
Recovery
Perfectionist Tendencies
I wake up thinking about how this week's post isn't the way I wanted it to be and wonder if it was wise to have drafted it in bed after a late night with friends. The angst makes me think about words written by the Reverend John Ames to his young son in Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning … [Read more...] about Perfectionist Tendencies
Senses Of Endings
Alone together on a Friday night, I wonder what I can put on the TV that will keep my daughter engaged with me and away from her phone. In a stroke of genius, I go for "Friends: The Reunion" combining my past with her present. We used to watch Friends before we had children, before we were … [Read more...] about Senses Of Endings
A Dogs Guide To Anxiety
I am making my way around the makeshift quiz they've erected on medical screens at the GP surgery. Prevented from leaving for fifteen minutes after the vaccine, in case of an allergic reaction, someone decided it would be a good idea to ask a bunch of questions about the Romans and neolithic … [Read more...] about A Dogs Guide To Anxiety
A Matter Of Nature
It's mental health awareness week and another opportunity for me to grumble to anyone who will listen about why on earth we think there is still a problem with "awareness" and why we can't just do something about it instead. Anyway, the theme this year is nature which is precipitating a deluge of … [Read more...] about A Matter Of Nature