# ebb & flow (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ebb & flow. Page: Feed: --- ## [Back to School letter](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/back-to-school-letter-2) _2026-08-20 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ My dear boys, Usually, I try to take this time, this back-to-school rush, to offer some thoughts or wishes for the school year. It doesn't feel like there is a lot of logic to offer right now, so instead, I'd like to offer instead some compassion for the wonky time that's passed and gratitude for all three of your continued efforts. Since the end of February, our situation has been upside down. We… ## [The Sultan’s Elephant](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/08/16/the-sultans-elephant/) _2026-08-16 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ The ‘special event’ marked on this ‘no parking’ sign, was the arrival of a Girl in a spacecraft that churned up the central area of Waterloo Place by The Mall. Not an ordinary girl but a giant space-travelling girl operated by the skilled technicians and puppeteers of the Nantes street theatre company, Royale de Luxe, … Continue reading "The Sultan’s Elephant" ## [Yelling yellerson](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/yelling-yellerson) _2026-08-12 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ You know what it feels like inside your mind, your stomach, your body when you are angry and you just explode with words and irritation and volume. You know what it is like to not see or hear anything but mad mad mad. Do you ever consider what that is like for the person at whom you are directing all of that mad? Listen, yelling can be therapeutic, and cathartic. But it can also be traumatic and… ## [And still we endure](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/and-still-we-endure) _2026-08-06 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ There are still 1,000s of Foreign Service employees and family members impacted by the war with Iran. As a result of this ordered evacuation, we are going on month 5+ of families away from their homes, separated if the employed had to stay at post, pets stranded, away from school and friends … home and household effects left unattended. Here’s the thing, though : most of the rest of the world has… ## [Favourite boats](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/08/02/favourite-boats/) _2026-08-02 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ A few of my favourite boats seen once, or several times, along the central London River Thames, snapped and trapped in time. Some of them have changed owners and liveries but most are still serving the river well. AMADEUS was built in 1927, designed for taking her guests on luxury trips on the Dutch canals. … Continue reading "Favourite boats" ## [Protein-enhanced everything](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/protein-enhanced-everything) _2026-07-30 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ An ongoing nutrition discussion/argument I have with my boys is about protein, especially if they need to supplement their diet with more and more protein. They want bigger muscles and to be more fit, they say, so of course they need protein-supplemented everything. I argue that if they eat a varied diet -- which they do -- there is no need for extra protein. It's not worth the cost, not worth the… ## [You, your kiddo and college](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/you-your-kiddo-and-college) _2026-07-23 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ A few months ago, I recorded a series of podcasts with Hannah Engel-Rebitzer, an independent Educational Consultant, about the application process for university and considerations that parents might have. Primarily, this is applicable to Foreign Service kids, but honestly, any soon-to-apply student and parent could benefit from listening. We talk about money, what universities are looking for,… ## [Summertime](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/07/19/summertime/) _2026-07-19 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ As many of you will know, even if you weren’t around at the time, the 50th anniversary of the 1976 prolonged heatwave and drought has been much talked about in the news lately. In London, we have just had the third heatwave of 2026 so here are a few of my photographs of our recent … Continue reading "Summertime" ## [Difficult Conversations & Protecting your Peace](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/difficult-conversations-protecting-your-peace) _2026-07-16 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ I don't know about you, but I don't especially like to have difficult conversations. I mean, regardless of the intended conversation participant, no one WANTS to get into an argument. Humans are generally speaking community-engaging social creatures. We like to get along with people. The general mindset is to be WITH the general consensus, and not be contrary. That being said, sometimes one must… ## [We go on walking](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/we-go-on-walking) _2026-07-09 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ We try and we try and still it does not stay close to us. Where does love go when it goes? It is a common question, contrived in its commonness yet savagely sincere, bellowing in the bosom of every brokenhearted lover, reverberating through the body of every civilization’s love songs and sonnets, radiating from cave drawings and dive bar graffiti. It is also a peculiar question, lexically and… ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/A7lSImCUMqqP) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [By the Riverside…](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/07/05/by-the-riverside/) _2026-07-05 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ Boats, birds, and buildings that caught my eye on a Saturday morning walk along Lambeth Reach in June. Boats Gabriel Franks was the first British police officer to die on duty when he was hit by a bullet during the Wapping Coal Riot in October 1798. His name lives on in GABRIEL FRANKS III. She … Continue reading "By the Riverside…" ## [Happiness is ...](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/happiness-is) _2026-07-02 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ Happiness is not the same thing as walking around with a smile on your face. Happiness is not having stuff. Happiness is not about being in a particular place. or being a certain age. Or having a particular car. Or living in a specific house. Sure, all of those can happen when you are happy, but they are not equal to happiness. Happiness is less about what you have and more about how much you can… ## [Be Bold](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/be-bold) _2026-06-25 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ Do not ask yourself "How will people see me if I try for this?" Do not second-guess yourself because you worry about over-stepping. You know you deserve this. So be bold. ## [The Bazalgette Embankment II: The Artwork](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/06/21/the-bazalgette-embankment-ii-the-artwork/) _2026-06-21 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ Looking down from Blackfriars Bridge the artwork on this new Thames-side space seems somewhat distant. However, walking onto the embankment itself your attention will be caught immediately by Nathan Coley’s five dark sculptures, Stages. Glasgow artist Nathan Coley was commissioned by Tideway to create sculptures for the newly formed three-acre public park on the banks … Continue reading "The… ## [Ebb and flow](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/ebb-and-flow) _2026-06-18 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ Things come together and then they fall apart. Again, they come together and again fall apart. This is the nature of things, the natural ebb and flow of life, of being, of existing. Not just as a human, but as a part of nature and all things created to ebb and flow together. When things fall apart, this is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think the point is to overcome a dilemma or… ## [Lambeth walk for London Rivers Week 2026, Thames21](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/06/06/lambeth-walk-for-london-rivers-week-2026-thames21/) _2026-06-06 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ Honoured to have been asked by Liz Gyekye, of Thames21 to lead a leisurely walk, as part of London Rivers Week, from Lambeth Bridge to Vauxhall Bridge, on, as it happened, one of the hottest days of this year so far. Not a great distance obviously but there was so much to see and to … Continue reading "Lambeth walk for London Rivers Week 2026, Thames21" ## [Another Look…](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/05/24/another-look/) _2026-05-24 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ …at some past pictures, as a distraction from more serious matters, and while I’m working on another project. This really was a brief people-less moment. There are usually queues waiting to have their pictures taken against this world famous backcloth.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* As many of you know, I spend a fair amount of time by the Thames … Continue reading "Another Look…" ## [The Bazalgette Embankment I: images of work in progress](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/05/11/the-bazalgette-embankment-i-images-of-work-in-progress/) _2026-05-11 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ A new public space close to Blackfriars Bridge, has been created by Tideway as part of their extensive work on London’s ‘Super Sewer’. I followed progress there on and off, somewhat randomly, and took photos as I passed over Blackfriars Bridge, or viewed the site from the opposite side of the river. Co-ordinated work on … Continue reading "The Bazalgette Embankment I: images of work in progress" ## [With the Flow](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/04/19/with-the-flow/) _2026-04-19 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ There are windless moments during slack tide when the Thames seems lake-still, perfectly mirroring trees and buildings on its surface but as you walk alongside, it’s the disturbance of tidal ebbs and flows that will catch your eye. Notes All pictures were taken along Lambeth Reach, mostly from Victoria Tower Gardens.For tide times of the … Continue reading "With the Flow" ## [Liz Gyekye, Communications Manager, Thames21](https://thetidalthames.com/2026/04/05/liz-gyekye-communications-manager-thames21/) _2026-04-05 · Patricia Stoughton · Ebb & Flow_ On a sunny March morning, I had the pleasure to meet and talk with Liz Gyekye who has worked for the environmental charity Thames21, for five years. Strongly committed to the aims of the charity, she explains that her mission as Communications Manager is “to raise awareness about the work Thames21 does to connect communities … Continue reading "Liz Gyekye, Communications Manager, Thames21" ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/i2eteq5wqJGU) _2026-04-05 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Building AI Products In The Probabilistic Era](https://giansegato.com/essays/probabilistic-era) _2025-08-18 · @giansegato_ AI turns products from deterministic functions into probabilistic systems. That requires expanding old playbooks (SLOs, funnels, siloed finance), and reasoning in terms of trajectories, Minimum Viable Intelligence thresholds, and data as company operating system. ## [Agency is Eating the World](https://giansegato.com/essays/agency-is-eating-the-world) _2025-04-20 · @giansegato_ A solo operator can now launch a $1b business powered by ai. Our economy's critical dividing line is no longer skill or education it's will. ## [Unwrapped 2024](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/25/unwrapped-2024/) _2024-12-25 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ And breathe… Those last few posts were intense, weren t they? It s a shame that the amount of content I produce is directly linked to how badly my life seems to be going. A fortnight in hospital is terrible, but it creates a lot of juicy content. It always feels nice to be in that flow \[ \] ## [Two Weddings and An Operation – Part 3](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/two-weddings-and-an-operation-part-3/) _2024-11-28 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ I lay in the hospital bed as the nurse and porter navigated the labyrinthine corridors. It was the middle of the afternoon, and the hospital was teetering with people. Other patients were being pushed in wheelchairs, visitors leisurely walked in small cohorts, and staff members sipped coffee and chit-chatted. From my nook in the bed, \[ \] ## [Two Weddings and An Operation – Part 2](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/23/two-weddings-and-an-operation-part-2/) _2024-11-23 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ So far, I have gone to A E on Monday afternoon, at around 16:00. After 12 hours, I was finally seen by a doctor who told me that I needed to be admitted to a ward in the early hours of Tuesday morning. After being held in a booth for a few hours, I was taken \[ \] ## [Sky News Interview and Online Hate](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/sky-news-interview-and-online-hate/) _2024-11-14 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ Sky News recently visited my modest two-bedroom flat in London to interview me about the Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT) medication shortage. My Feature on Sky News Frequent Ebb and Flow readers will be familiar with the drug Creon from my constant moaning about it. Creon is the brand name of a drug used to \[ \] ## [Two Weddings and An Operation – Part 1](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/two-weddings-and-an-operation/) _2024-11-11 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ Anna and I had been looking forward to October since 2024 began. We were rolling in the month with my eldest sister Becky s wedding to her long-time partner, Alex, on Monday, September 30th. They chose a beautiful venue in Somerset where our families and their closest friends would stay for two nights. Anna s brother James \[ \] ## [Three-Week Review: Artificial Dancreas](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/28/three-week-review-artificial-dancreas/) _2024-09-28 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ Last year, I bought my wife a folding Brompton bike. These bikes have become a British icon associated with wanky city-dwellers. When you first see them, they look a little stupid. If I d seen one ten years ago, I would have lamented them as silly and inferior to the normal-sized bike. Come to think of \[ \] ## [The Dust Lady](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/the-dust-lady/) _2024-09-14 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ In November 2021, at the age of 28, I was diagnosed with stage 3B pancreatic cancer. It was traumatic and unexpected, a situation that has changed my life forever. Yet, I read an article a few days ago about a woman whose suffering I found challenging to comprehend, and which has caused me to reflect \[ \] ## [The One Where Dan Gets An Artificial Pancreas and Still Complains](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/10/the-one-where-dan-gets-an-artificial-pancreas-and-still-complains/) _2024-09-10 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ I remember the first time I learnt the phrase Artificial Pancreas . Well, I can t remember the exact first time, but I remember a day when about ten different family members and friends sent articles to me with the phrase in them. They all had an accompanying message that went a little like this: Have you \[ \] ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/60vumGhb5sIR) _2024-09-10 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Don’t Be Sorry, Smile](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/03/dont-be-sorry-smile/) _2024-09-03 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ Growing up, I wasn t into football. For most of my life, I fought a toxic frame of mind where I thought I had to be good at everything I did. If I wasn t automatically good at something, I d throw it out and assume it wasn t the thing for me. Football established itself in my not \[ \] ## [The Dawn of a New Startup Era](https://giansegato.com/essays/dawn-new-startup-era) _2024-09-03 · @giansegato_ What will the next wave of generational companies look like? What’s the shape of fund returners going to be, in the next decade? How will they affect startups formation and funds performance? ## [Dan’s Two Year Scan](https://dgwritesblog.wordpress.com/2024/08/24/dans-two-year-scan/) _2024-08-24 · godley93 · Ebb and Flow_ A few weeks ago, I received a letter informing me that I had yet to respond to a hospital appointment sent via email. The letter confused me as I had not received any emails from the hospital. I went into my inbox and searched, but I couldn t find anything. Then, in a moment of intellectual \[ \]