This past weekend, our boiler decided it was going to sulk. Hot water was fine, but the heating got stuck. It turned out the engineer and I had very different ideas about what mattered most.
being human
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A teenage trip to the theatre, a delayed train, and the imaginary side eye I still give Rugby station. Why uncertainty can linger long after things turn out fine.
Have you ever found yourself fantasising about a completely different life? Perhaps you imagine what it would be like to live somewhere else, do a completely different job, or wake up one morning and find yourself in a life that looks nothing like the one you have now. I suspect […]
Does it taste different to the one I remember? A small everyday question, and what happens when I let it go without needing an answer.
I used to joke that I didn’t have a work Christmas party because the boss wouldn’t let me. I’m self-employed. A few thoughts on permission, rest and the rules we carry about work.
A fiddly necklace, a hotel mirror, and a quiet thought. Sometimes the answer only seems obvious once you’ve seen it, and there’s nothing wrong with us for not seeing it sooner.
I recently took a family member to a hospital appointment. It was one of the first appointments of the day and, because the traffic had been light, we arrived earlier than expected. The computerised check-in wouldn’t let us check in, so I assumed we’d simply got there too early. Off […]
A small handheld fan became an unexpected conversation starter and a reminder of how much we may have in common without realising it.