A room of one’s own

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  • Sometimes it’s the imperfect things

    That tell the most interesting stories.

  • Like little pieces of the sky

    I was listening to Rich Mullins at the weekend for the first time in years. One of his lyrics registered with me, ‘So may peace rain down from HeavenLike little pieces of the skyLittle keepers of the promiseFalling on these souls, the drought has dried’.

  • Running on empty

    During these hard pandemic times, everyone has run out of steam.

  • When life won’t go clockwise.

    As it was during the first lockdown, something has been brought back now:

  • The ‘heart of infancy’*.

    ‘have a childhood of the mind no less than a childhood of the body’.* Over these past months of homeschooling, missed exams, changing criteria and restricting lockdowns my thoughts have gone back to a book by Dickens that I studied at university called Hard Times.

  • Stand-fast

    I finished The Pilgrim’s Progress last night. While it was tough going, I met a few characters that I admire, and wanted to tell you a little bit about one of them today.

  • No need to reciprocate,

    Just receive. My dog Hazel taught me another lesson today. She rolled onto her back and presented her tummy to me. At the start she tried to lick me to say thank-you but after a few minutes she gave up, lay back and just let herself enjoy it.

  • Two worlds, two faces,

    Two sides. Most days I have to remind myself that everyone has at least two versions to their life- the one that they show and the one they hide.

  • ‘When everybody is special

    Nobody is special.’ Or so says Jon Beckett.

  • The Lost Things

    Remember the book I released via monthly subscription earlier this year? It will be flying into Amazon in January next year for you to purchase and read in its entirety. Keep your eyes peeled. Not long now! What is it about? The Lost Things tells the stories of people who are either lost themselves or…