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  • 18 September 2023

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    This morning the rain was lashing the windows, wind and weather swirling about. It was definitely a day for curry!

  • 25 August 2023

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    Yes, I thought, this is where I live.

  • 2 July 2023

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    Goodness, I feel like I have been turned inside out, taken apart and put back together again...

  • 19 May 2023

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    I had one of those moments recently that stops everything. Feels like I am watching from outside myself.

  • 29 March 2023

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    What I felt was a longing for elsewhere. And thankfully there were windows that opened to that other place, doors that let me leave...

  • 9 March 2023

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    I am not who I was 20 years ago and to my eternal gratitude I am not who I was 40 years ago.

  • 11 February 2023

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    I became an enthusiastic cook during my years on that small island off the coast of Nigeria and it was because I found myself up a creek without a paddle.

  • 20 January 2023

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    Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it.

  • 23 December 2022

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    I could see gulls wheeling and wheeling over the ocean and suddenly it was one of those moments when time seemed to crystallise…

  • 16 November 2022

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    Sixteen or so years ago I accompanied my father on a visit to the undertakers. He wanted to finalise what he wanted done after he died.