Winnie-the-Pooh's Guide to Middle Age
What a locked cleaners' cupboard and a broken Friends mug taught me about self-acceptance.
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sunday evening
Some losses happen all at once, others arrive one ordinary Sunday evening.
Mr Burns, a drug dealer and a day in court taught me the same lesson about human beings
We're all far more than the worst thing we've done, or the best thing we've achieved.
passed
Lessons, longing and what remains unspoken.
nothing in particular
A quiet story about belonging.
When young people stop believing there's a place for them in the village
From a tribal headdress to a housing crisis, and what connects them.
get yourself and your dog a spa day
By the third Thursday afternoon people had stopped pretending the jokes about the dog were only jokes.
my friend C (part 2 of 2)
My therapist said guilt makes people behave strangely. I asked her what that meant.
my friend C (part 1 of 2)
My therapist told me to start writing things down instead of endlessly churning them over in my head.
A man once told me he could go fly fishing inside his head
From Motorola stickers to existential reflection