I had the weirdest dream this week. It was a funeral. A funeral for a friend I hope to stay in touch with forever, despite the fact that we haven’t actually seen each other in ages - we’ve got a shared history, and that counts for something. Obviously, dreams
We'd been walking in the mid-day sun for almost an hour. Six of us, including three kids, all near the point of giving up. Except there's no giving up in a maze - we’d just be stuck there. Sure, given that this particular puzzle has
I’ve had to be more careful about spending money since I lost my job, limiting my purchases of branded baked beans to special occasions only, buying porridge from Lidl, going ad-supported on a number of streaming services, and cutting my coffee intake to just six double espresso lattes
Have you seen The Long Walk, or read the book? It’s a rather harrowing tale of young men competing on television for riches, with the goal to be the last person walking. Miles and miles of walking. Slow down or stop for too long, get a handful of warnings,
The soundtrack of my childhood wouldn’t be nearly as cool as the one in Mix Tape, the latest release to come under fire from angry man babies that seem hellbent on trying to gatekeep video games from everyone but people exactly like them. A coming-of-age adventure set
This past Bank Holiday weekend in the UK was supposed to be about celebrating being married to my wife for 14 years. We don’t buy into gifting and putting on a big song and dance, but a couple of nice meals out in Brighton, a bit of wandering the
A beam of light hits me like a dart through the blind that doesn’t quite shut properly any more. I’ve been too scared to fix it or even try, catastrophising over how much worse it could be, but at this moment I regret my subpar DIY skills. It’
We all tell them, don’t we? Hopefully, like me, they are more the innocent kind, the type that give ourselves permission to indulge in things that aren’t bettering our lives or simply to make other people’s lives more tolerable. I’m not one to go around telling
It’s fair to say I’ve been in a slump. Losing my job of nine years hit me way harder than I expected, the severity of the break-up knocking me sideways. That part of my life, that part of me, was over, and no amount of goodbyes or
Listen, I enjoy family holidays. I (mostly) love spending time with my kids while doing things we don't do day in, day out. Things like going to museums (and being dragged around by a four-year-old so unable to read more than a few words on each
Is there a phrase more feared by parents than "I'm bored"? Perhaps "It broke" or the simple but classic "oops". My mind is racing, my pulse quickening just thinking of where these could lead. "I'm bored" takes the
Another week, another Orry household drama. This week: washing. While I appreciate the following short tale is not really a big deal, we all have our routines and daily chores, and when something causes disruption it can feel like a huge problem. Skill issue. I let out an exasperated sigh
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Sometimes I genuinely feel like I operate in a world that’s simply not the same as the one everyone else seems to be living in. Maybe after this week’s newsletter you can all tell me that everyone does what I’m about to detail. Dog poo. I have
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Why do I keep buying them? And what does an article about an excess of onions have to do with video games?
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