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I have been debating with myself all day whether to make this blog or not. Not because I was against it’s sentiment or worried that it would be vacuous, but because I was aware that others were already criticising the issue. But now I realise that just because it has already been said, doesn’t meanContinue reading “The Bible is not a weapon, Mr President (2 June 2020)”

Reading too much into a Facebook chain post As everybody has been locked in their homes for a while now, there has been an upsurge in chain posts spreading positive messages on Facebook. In normal life I would ignore them completely. Mainly because I don’t like following along with a crowd (I prefer to swimContinue reading “Lessons From Lockdown #3 (11 April 2020)”

I have found social media in these times to be both a blessing and a curse. A positive post is followed by a negative news story. But this isn’t the only reason it is both a blessing and a curse, because sometimes even a positive post can turn into a negative if you stare atContinue reading “Lessons From Lockdown #2- Thriving (4 April 2020)”

This is the fourth day that the UK has been on lockdown, yet it feels like is has been an eternity already. I guess it is some comfort to know that a quarter of the world’s population is also under lockdown, but if anything that doesn’t do much to ease the passage of time.Like manyContinue reading “Lessons from Lockdown #1 (or #2) (27 March 2020)”

Day 5 This is my fifth day in isolation, my second with my family. On Friday night I developed a cough, muscle fatigue and a slight fever. On Monday night, following the announcements made by Boris Johnson, my family also went into isolation with me. Because of all of these measures, we will not beContinue reading “Lessons from Isolation #1 (18 March 2020)”

It’s time for me to re-emerge from my self-induced absence. Hello there reader. I have returned. It’s been over a year since I have posted anything, and it is safe to say I am pretty ashamed of myself. It isn’t that I haven’t had ideas for posts. I have had tons. But I haven’t beenContinue reading “Gurl, where you been? (28 February 2020)”

Dear Stranger, I see you. Every day. I have studied your face multiple times and yet you are still far off to me. Your elusiveness may make you seem aloof, but what you fear is being known. You fear the thought of someone knowing you, because you fear that they will know, as you do,Continue reading “Love Letter to a Stranger (7 February 2019)”

SO. New Year is here. The time of change. The time of year in which the world makes the ultimate excuse to radically change their lifestyle. Want a new you? Why don’t you start a new diet, break a bad habit, give something up, take up exercise, read more books, learn an instrument, learn anotherContinue reading “Time for a change? (31st December 2018)”

Disclaimer: For those who are worried, this is not a blog in which I will be discussing flatulence, although it will play into it. In this blog I want to discuss views about gender. The fart was mainly to grab your attention. Because who doesn’t react when someone farts. Recently I have been hearing aContinue reading “Yes, I fart. (13 December 2018)”