January 7, 2017
It’s been a typical first week back at work. A couple of clients call to say they are sick and need to rearrange, then a new client doesn’t show up, which happens more often than you’d think. People call me when they feel very low and then, if much time passes between them making the […]
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December 31, 2016
Every year, in the quiet space between Christmas and New Year, I clear my desk and tidy my inbox. This might not sound like a momentous event but, when you enjoy a degree of chaos like I do, telling yourself it is a freedom you allow your creative soul, it becomes necessary to occasionally take […]
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December 31, 2016
Enjoying the last days of the holiday, drinking a coffee and listening to “Pick Of The Week” on R4 a few days ago there was a clip of the late parliamentarian Tony Benn talking about his political career. He made an observation which, for me, reverberated widely and deeply. He described how there are two […]
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December 24, 2016
In Borough Market this week Beth and I stopped at a blackboard onto which people had written things they wanted to happen before they die. Reading through the spectrum of thought ranging from instinctive and amusing to deep and heartfelt my mind drifted towards the coming festivities, and the question most of us are asked […]
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December 17, 2016
Sitting here next to the Christmas tree the light is beginning to fade and there is a wonderful orange sunset falling down behind the church. It’s quiet and warm and, if the fancy takes me, I could have a mince pie with my cup of tea. The day didn’t start quite so well with a […]
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