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The castle grounds at Leeds Castle, with a small bridge over water. Green field in the background.

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#9 - Celebrate good times

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

Me in the sun, worrying about the sun on my daughter, who is on a bike.

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#8 - Making memories

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’

The word help is written out in clothes on the top of a house that is surrounded by flood water.

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#7 - The lies we tell

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

Jacob's high fibre crackers next to some peanut butter, on a table.

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#6 - Dream

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 kind

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#5 - The suffering

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 display), walking

A plastic tub of crafting materials labelled "Craft Tub". To the side are glue sticks, paper, a pink soft toy, more crafting materials, and a green lid.

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#4 - Made by humans

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

The lower half of a Hoover washing machine. The cap for the filter is visible in the lower left corner. A wooden beam covers the front of the machine on the floor.

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#3 - Beware the Colour Catcher

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

A green dog poop bin with the words "Clean it up" written under a drawing of a dog stood next to a poo.

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#2 - Watch out for that dog poo

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

A horrid photo showing a bag of onions on a doormat, the onions spewing out. One red onion looks awful. There's also a bag of coffee beans, a box of porridge, and some other boxes.

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#1 - I keep buying onions

Why do I keep buying them? And what does an article about an excess of onions have to do with video games?