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Falling Into Shadow

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It feels like I’m slowly falling away from the moving crowd. I find myself sitting, lost in my own thoughts, rather than reading and contributing to the onli...

The Week That Never Was

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I returned home from work on Wednesday lunchtime, and went straight to bed. Actually, that’s not entirely true - I cleared the kitchen, tidied the lounge and...

A Few More Miles

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I went to the running club again this evening, and put a few more miles in the bank. I quietly got on with the run, and kept half an eye on Miss 19. I’m not ...

I Still Havent Read Moby Dick

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I got home a couple of hours ago, and opened the back door to a kitchen full of the smells of roast dinner, and an unfolding scene of mayhem in the kitchen a...

Finally Getting Better With No Bacon

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After perhaps fourteen days, a thousand cups of tea, countless cups of boiling water laced with paracetamol, boxes of tissues, an entire pot of vicks, and th...

Kingdom Of Snot

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I’m at home. I emailed work this morning and let them know I wouldn’t be in. My head seems to be in the curious position of generating vast quantities of sno...

Where Do I Get My Medal From

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I just got in from running with my eldest daughter - the one that fell off the “Couch to 5K” wagon spectacularly over the last couple of weeks. She really, r...

Missing Days

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I’m trying to convince myself that the sporadic updates to the blog are just a product of life landing on me like a grand piano from a tenth floor window, ra...

The One Where The Name Changed

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After dithering about it for several weeks, I finally changed the name of this blog last night. I’ve been thinking about doing it for some time - to create s...

In Between

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I feel like I’m in limbo at the moment. I’ve had a week off work, and have not gone anywhere or done anything of consequence. I suppose having a bad cold all...