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It’s nearly seven years since I attempted to wrestle back control of my life from the entirely unfavourable patterns I had settled into. Excessive indulgence; the blurring of weekends into weekdays; laziness in the extreme; total lack of ambition. I’d carried on in this way for quite some time, despite it being deeply unfulfilling, and …
Call me Dave Cal. Christened David and addressed so by parents and a few others, but Dave or Dave Cal will do just fine. Anyway, I’ve perpetuated this little naming anomaly myself. The dee sound is one of those ones that doesn’t always escape my lips with the greatest of ease. One of my earliest …
The heart-breaking, unneccessary deaths of Ciara Pugsley and Erin Gallagher shocked the nation recently, tugging at the heartstrings of parents and non-parents alike. A person taking their own life is about as disturbing as it gets, and the only way it can be even more upsetting is when it concerns a minor. In their early …