Backstory

Early life: I was an only child of the early 70s. When growing up I was apart from my peers, and not having a sibling or more to bounce off, having only my school aged peers to compare against (and I lived too far away to see all bar 2 of them on a semi-regular basis outside of school). Right now, writing this as a 50-something adult this feels like ancient history, a set of memories blended.…