I’m driving to Battle with my friend Martin. He’s a recovering alcoholic and we’re laughing about how, at the height of his drinking, he could steam up the windows of cars because his sweat glands were working so hard to try and break down the alcohol. He noticed obsessive tendencies early. The need to keep […]
How To Value What You Have
Recording a festive episode of our new podcast this week, Martin is telling me that he finds it hard to give gifts without worrying he will disappoint the recipient. I tell him it’s a reflection of his doubt about himself and that sometimes, being aware of a vulnerability, helps us to cope better with it. […]
How To Get Rid Of Ghosts
I’d begun to wonder whether there would be any chance of cutting the grass again before Spring, so relentless has the rainy weather been this week. Then it stopped and the wind came blowing through to dry the ground briefly, just long enough that I could tidy the garden and harvest the three remaining pumpkins. […]
Why I’m Sick Of People Dismissing Greta Thunberg
I’ve been getting into a lot of arguments recently on both Twitter and the comments threads of blogs I follow. This week some random woman was trying to argue that it’s impossible to compare the Hong Kong protests with Greta Thunberg’s trip to the US on board a boat. Her premise seemed to be that, […]
Why It’s OK To Get Old
I had a birthday this week and it seems to have come around far too quickly. I probably wrote this very sentence last year but I can’t find the energy to go back and check. Since last year I’ve had a back problem (which autocorrected to “ball problem” before I luckily spotted it with my […]
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