February 26, 2023
Listening to the news that tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce will be in short supply for the foreseeable future, I regret my hubris in giving up chocolate, biscuits, AND cake for Lent when I could have given up salad and taken some pressure off the food chain. I wanted to show solidarity with my daughter who, […]
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February 19, 2023
I’m reading the research paper my daughter wrote at the end of her placement year about the impact of parenting on sexual risk-taking in young adults and trying to identify my own style and wondering what it did to my kids. During a conversation while she was working on it she said, rather more assertively […]
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February 12, 2023
My spam filter has a mind of its own which would be concerning under any circumstances but, for reasons best known to itself, has started moving directly into “trash” some of the most relevant and important emails I receive. My favourite substacks, messages from clients about appointment details, and confirmations of orders I’ve placed that […]
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February 5, 2023
When I first heard of Bryan Johnson, a mega-wealthy tech entrepreneur who reportedly spends more than $2 million a year trying to keep his 45-year-old self a physical representation of 18 I admit to scoffing at his quest for eternal life. Looking further into his story I discovered a deeper and far more important message […]
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January 29, 2023
I’m on the sofa with the dogs clicking through channels on the TV when I stumble upon a new series of “SAS – Who Dares Wins” a reality show in which a dozen or so members of the public fancy themselves at passing painfully rigorous parts of the SAS recruitment course. This time we’re in […]
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