I've decided I'm going to change my perspective on friendships. My old perspective (superficially): if it isn't deep, intimate, and returned in kind, it's lacking. My new one; Give what's being given. Don't press for more if more doesn't seem welcomed. Return what you get in kind. …
Work, Winter Weather, & Wandering Words
It's been a while since I've posted an update on this blog, largely because since my last post, I've loosely stuck to my productive morning ritual. I say loosely because I have actually strayed from the whole spending-the-entire-time-writing goal. Just for a while. Because I needed plenty of …
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Bournemouth Pier in November
The oddest thing about being less than 5 minutes walk from the beach is that you get acclimated to the idea of accessibility. You put off going down to the sea because doing so is just so easy. I feel like I have to encourage myself. If one day I move somewhere without such a beautiful view …
Going through a transition period
The reason I haven't blogged on here very much lately: honestly haven't had very much to say. With the American election, the victory of Donald Trump, the coolness of the weather here in the UK and the fact that the busy season for bloggers is coming 'round the corner, it's been a "knuckle down …
Front Row Seat to an Office Fire
On the 9th of October, Elise dragged me from bed around 6 AM saying the building behind ours was on fire. Never actually having seen a proper fire before, it was very interesting for us, specifically as we live on top floor of a 97 unit mansion block. Any thoughts I had of tackling a potential fire …
Comments back by popular demand
Yep. They're open again. After all that fuss I made about closing them, I know. I've been asked so many times why I closed them by new readers and by friends who just wanted to have a conversation about a post that I figured I might as well re-open them (okay, Thomas nudged me to do so, …
