How death can cause a loss in the most unlikely of places. — Death has always been my greatest inspiration. There’s something hauntingly beautiful, tremendously sad, freeing and devastating about saying a final goodbye. You leave a piece of yourself with the other person a piece you won’t ever get back, you feel it and you see it as you look over your…

A Moment of Love — There’s a moment. A simple moment. One in which we don’t notice nor want to. You look at someone and think. I could love you forever. It might be when they embarrass themselves. When they are sick. Or just when they are being themeselves. And you think for just a…

All in Bloom — I’m not sure what season it is. The flowers are deep in bloom. But on the other side of the world, you simply lose track of time and seasons. Mattering less than before. But appreciating it much the same if not more. Reds, oranges, purples and pinks in the streets. …

A Lost Path and a Clear Mind — 7/04/2022 Today I woke up with clarity. For the first time in a long while. Knowing myself better than I have in a long time. After spending a large portion of my last 12 months asking who I was — after a stage in which I lost my best self. …

20/04/2022 Sitting at another airport, once again I find myself turning to writing. Incredibly ingrained into who I am and how I process the world. A lousy Starbucks coffee sits beside me, the one before that finished and gurgling deeply in my stomach. The downlights shine bright enough to burn into…

I’m not sure there are many things in this world I love more than Slowly Slowly. The list probably goes Coffee, Reading, Slowly Slowly and Adventures. That’s it, that’s the list. Fine, the list is a little bigger, but I’m making a point and now you’ve ruined it. I think…

Pouring rain, a new chapter and a 2am walk home. Tonight, I’m the most joyful I’ve been in a long while. I left the bar slightly drunk but not really — bopping along. Rain penetrates my clothing in sheets, and I’m soaked through within moments. Dozens of taxis are waiting…

Don’t chase the money, chase the journey — I’ve been caught up in end result recently. Writing is hard. Creating is hard. Marketing and putting yourself out there are incredibly hard. Being found in hard. Not to mention the email lists, the sharing, comments and building of an audience. The more I read on the topics the more…