September 30, 2023
I wrote this piece some years ago but never posted it. I’m not sure why. I came across it this week when I was looking for a systemic family therapist and realised how hard it is to find good therapists with availability. I’m about to do some further training and need to be in therapy […]
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September 17, 2023
My sister texts me with the news that our brother has returned from ten days in Yorkshire to find that his water tank has been leaking and made the house uninhabitable. The insurance company say it will be a year before he is back home. The last time I saw my brother was when I […]
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September 10, 2023
I’ve spent much of the past week lying in a hammock reading books being gently caressed by a soft breeze floating in from the river Alde, while thinking about vulnerability and regret. Holidays are, for most of you, I know, a source of great excitement and pleasure, but I don’t really feel that way about […]
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September 3, 2023
The relentless press of time brings around another birthday and finds me having breakfast with my family. Fresh fruit, coffee and pastries adorn the table while my daughter shows me the cake. “You don’t have to eat a piece for breakfast but I can’t stand the suspense of hiding it from you all day.” It’s […]
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August 27, 2023
At Weston Super Mare the tide stretches out so far that you can scarcely believe you are on a beach. A strange landscape marked by nothing and which seems to lead to nothing. If eternity is a destination it might look something like this. When the sea turns on its heels and disappears over the […]
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