January 2011
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personal couch-time
I’m absolutely convinced that if ever a ‘rule book for life’ were dug up somewhere mankind would find that a good old slouch on the couch is, in fact, mandatory.
Having taken that view, and holding it in high regard, I have today, to the best of my ability, slouched on the couch with all my might. This of course was preceded by a thoroughly lenghty lie inn, justified by my...
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The Great Gatsby
Two commutes to work and one journey home took me through The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald this week. It would be fair to say that I have raved about this book quite a bit in the days that have recently been.
Just a few lines in I realised I had to slow my reading right down to pick up on the full extent of the richness embedded in the text. The language is so pregnant with lovely...
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“she didn’t know it couldn’t be done
so she went ahead and did it”
– Mary S. Almanac (via adrianaverkerk)
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resolutions
One of the things I really like about the coming to an end of one year and the beginning of another is the natural occasion that it offers for reflection. Reflection on the time that has gone by, and a pause to stop and think about the time ahead.
As has previously been my experience, a year rarely ends the way I imagine it will when it first starts. One year ago, I couldn’t have imagined...