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The Resolution Rut

When you’re sozzled on spirits and excitedly staring down the final few seconds of the year it’s so easy to make resolutions and solemn vows for the new year ahead. You fill the fridge with kale and broccoli, buy some running shoes and yoga pants, and buzz with the motivation to do better. But you […]

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When are we going to be on our own side?

Something happened last Sunday afternoon; Cosmopolitan UK shared an “article” (read: gif-heavy, typo-laden list-post) entitled; 15 things you should know before dating a girl who blogs.   What was supposed to be a sarcastic, self-deprecating snigger at the quirks and clichés attached to today’s typical blogger (is there such a thing?) instead came off as a suggestive, resentful side-swipe at an industry on […]

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One frosty morning last week I tentatively tiptoed up the icy path to a half-open front door. I gently tapped the wood with my knuckle and then turned the handle with my glove-covered hand. I called out the very first, “Hello?” and the house replied with a sun-filled silence. Empty; just the bare walls fluttering with […]

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Project 365: Week Three

  Week three of my Project 365 – a photo a day, every day…

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Cheat’s Cream-Pies

I really struggle to eat fruit when the weather’s cold and miserable.  When stomping through the door after getting drenched by the rain or frozen in the snow, I don’t think anybody was ever heard to groan and desperately utter the words, “God, I’m gasping for an orange.”  This time of year (…pfft, who am […]