One of the musical voices I counted on to cheer me up over the past 18 months was that of Carsie Blanton. She bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Ozark’s Ruth, played by Julia Garner, who is my favourite character Continue reading Finding a new normal→

As September comes in the door – all too soon, as far as I am concerned — I suspect it will be tipping its hat at my ever-so-briefly slowed down work life as it heads out the same door. I Continue reading Slowing down (part three)→

We are hard into the dog days of summer here, which tends to make slowing down easier. After all, we tell ourselves – not without some justification – it’s just too hot (and humid) to weed the garden, stand over Continue reading Slowing down (part two)→

In early July, I wrote about how exhausted I was after 16 months of living and working in a pandemic and admitted to the bad habits I had fallen into: “It has been all too easy to fall into very Continue reading Slowing down→