“A life you love.” (part one)

Journal Entry August 1991: small town, Pennsylvania:  Last night was the worst night ever...drunk again, only this time it was so bad...waving a gun around a bar...I feel so humiliated.. They put a gun in my face! ... the laughingstock of all those people, giving me those looks...yet again he has ruined another day. He … Continue reading “A life you love.” (part one)

Pass the parcel – Finish Well

Journal entry: June 2012 National Trail, Hadrians Wall, mile 20 something: ...It has been raining... Seriously?!?! I cannot believe what an idiot I am. Yes, I can. This is God sending partial punishment from the heavens above as a mere fragment of my life sentence. Dumped half of my pack, hairbrush decidedly irrelevant. Feeling disappointed … Continue reading Pass the parcel – Finish Well

room 114

I have great admiration for those that seem to be willing and able to carry heavy loads, performing tasks and making life-changing decisions on a daily basis, seemingly like a steam train chugging along. I too, once embodied this persona. Just a small, regular addition of coal, water and perseverance is needed to keep the … Continue reading room 114

…no hate here…

Have you ever wished to sit and speak with someone, simply because you realise there are so, so many words that you never spoke, or perhaps words were spoken, but were never intended, or yearned to open your soul and quietly utter, Namaste? Perhaps, like me, you are labouring under the misapprehension that there could … Continue reading …no hate here…