Filing cabinet

personal

Browse through a selection of essays filed under ‘personal’.

Lessons in familiarity

Three things that can forever enrich our lives, even far beyond our comfort zone.

2 December 2021 — society

Birthday resolutions

Could moving resolutions from the New Year to a more personal date make them more effective?

24 June 2021 — lifestyle

Leaving home

Reflecting on leaving behind a place we called home for over a decade.

10 November 2020 — personal

Battling COVID-19

At the start of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic first threw the world off balance, little did I know that in about ten months I would be fighting the disease myself.

2 October 2020 — COVID-19

Jeep Compass

Experiencing the charm of the Jeep Life.

17 July 2020 — lifestyle

Dispatch from Rhûn

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3 May 2020 — technology

Gladstone

Goodbye, my old buddy.

1 December 2018 — personal

A eulogy for my grandfather

My grandfather was a high-spirited, imaginative and eternally upbeat septuagenarian. His was a life well-lived.

26 June 2017 — personal