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  • An Inner Voice

    On the last day I saw my mother, ever, we spoke. We spoke for ages, we planned my life, we talked about hope and we conversed about the one thing…

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  • On Shannon.

    If you know anything about me, you’ll know that I don’t make friends easily. I don’t do well with new people and I really battle to make friends…and by that,…

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  • Dear Mom and Dad…

    In the midst of today, where I realise that a dream just came true… I would give anything to call you up and say…”I’m a writer now”. In print now…

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  • Things you need to watch – a musical interlude.

    I’m rather enamoured with a few of the contestants on XFactor UK 2012. Here are my favourites: 1. Lucy Spraggan: – because this song makes me think of my folks…

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  • Essential Reading

    You can tell a lot about a person by the books upon their shelf.    I wrote this for you   Asofterworld    PostSecret   Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius…

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  • Funny thing, life.

    Three years ago today, I went out to dinner. I laughed so much, discovered a mind that shared many of my common interests (including Weird Al and required phone fiddling…

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  • Port. Storm. Etc.

    My mum used to sing the first line of this song to me when I had a hard day. I needed to hear it today.   [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rigz1C2Uhvk]

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  • If this were the 90s, I’d have made them a mixtape.

    Everybody has some heartache, even if they are having the best day of their lives. It’s human to feel that gap, even on the sunniest mornings or twinkly evenings. I…

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  • finally, I write.

    Dear Blog, Feeling neglected much? Sorry. And that will be the last apology from me. I’m tired. The good tired. You know the type where you’re busy doing good that…

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  • On trust.

    It’s been a while since one of these. Something La said to me the other night sprung forth in my brain this morning. I have huge, incredibly etched trust issues. These…

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