July 30, 2017
It was spring 2005 and I was flying from Atlanta to New York. During the day there had been the most unbelievable thunder storms and I had pondered that having TV channels dedicated to the weather wasn’t such a pointless idea after all. “They’ll get you out” a Canadian colleague had told me as the […]
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July 23, 2017
It’s so hot that my gelato is melting almost before the serious looking lady hands it to me. The “Zuppa Inglese” is teetering on top of the “Pina Colada” flavour and, as I hurry to the hopelessly inadequate shade of the trees, I am licking furiously to stop the whole mound toppling onto the scorched […]
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July 16, 2017
I’m in a state of change. Ever since starting in private practice I have led a nomadic life, sharing rooms in independent clinics and running the business by hauling my files from point to point. Until now. No matter how much you waited for something, being in transition until you settle into it can be […]
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July 8, 2017
When life seems to be flowing in the wrong direction it is easy to bemoan the lack of good fortune and look for reasons why bad things happen. Easier still is to blame ourselves. Unworthy, odd, a freak, bad, useless, incapable, unlovable, stupid, hopeless, pathetic. The list of defamatory adjectives rolls on like a winding […]
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July 2, 2017
Toby arrived soon after I moved into my first house. A six month old rescue dog he was like a shadow, following me wherever I went with a worried expression permanently fixed on his handsome face. Night after night I would hear him pacing about in the house never settling and, when I went downstairs […]
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