There’s an excellent article on the prevalence of the trauma plot in contemporary literature in the January 3-10 […]
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The pandemic cannot last forever. The Spanish flu ended, and so will this. But it’s also true that we’re entering the darkest days of the pandemic, and after two years of it already, it feels sometimes that ‘We’ll be lost forever.’
I’m starting to grieve the idea of going back to normal. Not that I think ‘normal’—meaning the way […]
😀 Grinning FaceThe look you’re able to pull on the first day of lockdown when the daughters who […]
The truth is, we’re going to come through this four-week period of social isolation with flying colours, because, […]
Yes, I felt an overwhelming wave of melancholy as PM Jacinda Ardern The Magnificent announced, in suitably serious […]
Yes, I’ve heard the question asked repeatedly over recent days and it’s one that I want to have […]
My daughter (the second of four) asked me today whether I was afraid—of the coronavirus and the devastating […]
Our last coffee was had beneath the gaze of Mary, mother of Jesus, on December 17, 2018, some […]
Burning Belly 