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  • Crick

    You can’t spend all your time looking backwards. It gives you a crick in the neck. And you tend to bump into things. And you get lost. I should know. 2022 was a good year overall. I did some cool stuff and went to some cool places. I met new people. I learnt a lot…

  • Kaiserin

    Kaiserin

    So, the avid readers amoungst you may remember that I used to go to school in Germany. I retain my German albeit a trickle rather than proper flüßig and I definitely retain my love love love for the place. I feel completely at home in Germany, even thought it is radically different to when I…

  • Alive

    Alive

    What makes you feel alive? I mean, what makes you experience joy, makes you aware of every last drop of blood coursing through your veins, makes your heart jump (in a good way) , gives you energy, makes you feel invincible….I don’t know whether its a sides effect of PD but I get these tangible…

  • Familiarity and contempt

    Familiarity and contempt

    It is hot, damn hot and I am sitting in the early morning sunshine at a Conference Centre just outside the M25, the crumbs of my breakfast bacon and sausage buttie starting to cast small shadows on the white plate. I am sitting in the middle of a dried out, bleached, grassy area. I have…

  • Rabbitholes

    Rabbitholes

    Sooooo it’s a few months after the last post. I fell down a rabbit hole dear reader. I can honestly say that the period since I left hospital has been both awful and in some ways incredibly enriching. I have learnt so much about myself, my friends and family and my capacity for survival, mental…