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  • The Place That No Longer Exists

    The Place That No Longer Exists

    From the archives: I wrote this piece in 2021 and submitted it to a literary competition (it wasn’t selected). I’ve held this writing close but have decided to share it now. It is a late Sunday afternoon in mid-October. I’ve been called downstairs by the scent of a roast slowly simmering, drawn by the comforting…

  • Finding Focus in a Content-Heavy World

    Finding Focus in a Content-Heavy World

    Long-form is the way. There is something that happens to my mind after I’ve consumed too much content. There is a tipping point. A cliff’s edge. It always starts small – checking emails which leads to clicking links; reading pages, then paragraphs, then headlines; gathering all the relevant inputs for the day’s workflow. Just a…

  • Begin Again

    Begin Again

    A new chapter. A blank page. A fresh start. I love all the promise of a new beginning. The allure of it. All the potential that lays ahead of how we might be different, of how we might do things differently. Many of us do – it’s why we set new year’s intentions, or buy…

  • Spring in a Pandemic (Year Two)

    Spring in a Pandemic (Year Two)

    March arrived once again, a whole year now since this all began; bringing with it, as it always does, signs of spring – buds emerging and flowers blooming. Each day grows longer, the light extending with the promise of a new, lighter season ahead. And yet here we are. A new season greets us still…

  • The New Normal

    The New Normal

    Seven weeks ago, the world changed. What went from scattered news reports of a virus that seemed a world away suddenly arrived on our doorstep, exploding across our screens, and changing the way we live. On the Friday before it all sunk in, I was still stopping for a coffee on my way to work,…