A Deathly Silence

October 3, 2021 by Mark

Six months ago my amazing Mom died, an event we dread all our lives and maybe none more so than those who’ve experienced parental bereavement already. We lost my Dad when I was eight years old and something like that makes you cling figuratively and literally to the remaining parent, fearing them going the same …

Seven No Sauce

September 20, 2020 by Mark

This summer I’m seven whole years booze free. I’m losing people already, I know. More or less everybody drinks. And if you’re wall to wall loving the booze with absolutely no negative aspects then this clearly hasn’t got your name on it. But if you’ve ever felt a little bit sick of feeling a little …

The Practice Year

January 23, 2020 by Mark

Drumroll please, I’ve meditated every day for a year. Not for the whole day every day obviously, that’d take some doing, just for ten minutes or so. Drumroll still warranted though cos there were times when this seemed like an impossible ask of myself, to have the discipline to both remember to do it and …