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“How can you grapple with what consumes you?” She asks, her face creasing in bemusement. I had said the phrase with such pride, deep resonance and high self-importance that it had taken a beat to process. The pause had sat, extending and becoming fully 9 months pregnant and…
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Ermintrude was her name - she did not know why her parents had inflicted this upon her. But still she struggled gamely on, through every school register…
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I am in a room with several others - it might be 7, it might be 9, I’m not sure and I can’t be bothered to count. It’s definitely not an even number - I…
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Doodling is always fun - sometimes useful, often not. But utility is unimportant, for there exists no moment that is not enhanced by the taking out of a…
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Christmas Day is arrogant and lazy. Christmas Day is arrogant and lazy - all the preceding days do the actual graft. It will be mid-December for me…
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How to describe a place to someone who has never been there, how to set the scene. Because it is vital that they feel as I felt when I was up through…
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I am driving a car - I don’t know how. I can barely open a door or hold a steering wheel, let alone sit and talk and arch my back with the confidence…
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I was startled to discover that the number 1 bus actually exists. Buses should have numbers such as 83, 176, 214 or maybe 47 if you’re being generous…
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