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2022 Grateful 43: Lost without faith
I woke up this morning with a strange feeling. One I didn’t recognise.
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2022 Grateful 44: Perspective
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. I’ve been busy. Very busy. Manic even. Work. Thoughts. Emotions. Fears. As I was thinking how
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2022 Grateful 45: Old, cold, dead
I’ve pretty much removed myself from mainstream news. I find it very depressing. Knowing what’s going on in the world is good, yes, but sometimes
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2022 Grateful 46: Bl. John Sullivan
Saints and their lives fascinate me. They’re like a throwback from better times. Saints, said St Theresa, are only sinners who keep on trying. They’re
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Buildings Tell Tales
I fell in love with Budapest the first time I visited. I was gobsmacked by its wrecked beauty, the vestige of former glory that still
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The right person
I devote a lot of time in my comms workshops to what I call the use of voice. First person. Second person. Third person. Plural.
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2022 Grateful 47: Making a bags of it
I’m an early-to-the-airport traveller. I’d much prefer to be waiting two hours for a flight than to have to run down the corridors to make
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2022 Grateful 48: Artists against Tyranny
I’ve written more than once about my ongoing barny with Hungarian Customs. Anyone sending me anything from outside the EU results in my having to
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2022 Grateful 49: Some woman, for one woman
She was some woman for one woman. She’d have to be to have been born in two places.
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A way out, one gherkin at a time
As we launch into 2022, I’ve shelved New Year’s resolutions in favour of what I’m calling life resolutions. Time has been Covidised. It’s taken on
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