What three words location /// crisis.prefer.longer. What three words parking location In the amazing book “lost connections” Johann Hari talks about what he believes are the 9 causes of depression contrary to the idea of chemical imbalance and many medical ideas and definitions. Loss of connections to nature, meaningful work, loss of belonging, disconnection fromContinue reading “Connecting”
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The one you don’t forget.
(For all my blue light colleagues) I’m sorry it didn’t turn out how you may have wanted, I’m sorry you can’t carry on living how you thought. We tried our best to save you and at times things got a bit fraught. I know it’s the life I’ve chosen to work, the risk, the joy,Continue reading “The one you don’t forget.”
Chink
“There has to be a chink in all of us because that’s how the light can get in.” I am paraphrasing this from a character in “Unforgotten” the TV detective drama as it struck me when he said it. The detective was under some scrutiny, was a nasty piece of work but clearly had someContinue reading “Chink”
Frozen Broccoli
There will be a small number of people who understand why this post is titled “frozen Broccoli” and this post is mainly for them but also for us all to consider what the last 12 months have given us despite its challenges. 12 months ago my workplace went into “home working” as did almost everywhere.Continue reading “Frozen Broccoli”
Iceolation and Disconnection
Cold weather, cold times, cold hearts. Warmer weather, warmer times, warmer hearts. 2021 a new beginning!! Yeah right, or we continue into an unknown time of new words and new experiences. Lateral flow, PCR, Astra Zeneca, Oxford vaccine, Biontech, tiers, daily death rate etc. It’s easy in this time to forget what we were aboutContinue reading “Iceolation and Disconnection”
Blue lights responders: are we like Pavlov’s dogs?
I write this blog after a Weekend on duty where it was a busy one for phone calls and a few incidents to attend. On Friday I received a new work phone and set it up so that it rang and text in the same way. On reflection I did this because after nearly 10Continue reading “Blue lights responders: are we like Pavlov’s dogs?”
Strength and Trials
Strength is just the ability to care more deeply than anyone else around Tara Coleman “Treadstone” The above is a quote from “Treadstone” a tv programme based on the Jason Bourne movies. I have repeated it here because in June it struck a chord with me when I was watching the programme but the draftContinue reading “Strength and Trials”
Return
More and more we are hearing “the new normal”, “things won’t be the same”, “when we get back to some sense of normality”, “things will never be the same”. We hear these words from government, media, companies, employers, social media etc and they all feel like they are there to scare us, to keep usContinue reading “Return”
Acquiesce
Acquiesce: To accept something reluctantly but without protest. Acquiesce: Oasis song written by Noel Gallagher, reportedly about friendship in the widest sense. Also one of very few Oasis tracks to feature both Gallagher brothers on lead vocals. A snippet of Acquiesce lyrics: Chorus: Because we need each otherWe believe in one anotherAnd I know we’reContinue reading “Acquiesce”
Leading into the fire 