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A Place for Pride

I love my job. Really, I do. Naturally, there are frustrations and elements of my work I’m not so keen on. But that doesn’t detract from the fact that I’m privately proud of how I spend the majority of the hours in my week. Knowing that I’m lucky to be able to say that saddensContinue reading “A Place for Pride”

Reminiscing

Why do the first 100 pages of a book disappear in the blink of an eye and yet the next however many hundred pages always seem to go on forever? Whether for better or worse, I’ve encountered this strange phenomenon for what feels like aeons. Whilst I suspect there is probably a psychologically sophisticated answer,Continue reading “Reminiscing”

Diminutive Dives

I can see why people take a shine to wild swimming. As a child, I loved nothing more than spending hours in the sea. As a teenager, I’m sad to say I predictably became too embarrassed to don a wetsuit for fear that groups of unknown peers would judge me. Now, whilst the prospect ofContinue reading “Diminutive Dives”