Simple solutions for a quieter life
Back in the day when I used to commute to work the simple task of getting the train used to raise my stress levels to breaking point. Five days a…
Searching for quiet in a world full of noise
Back in the day when I used to commute to work the simple task of getting the train used to raise my stress levels to breaking point. Five days a…
Back in the late 1980s, my Nan bought a Grandfather clock for my Grandad. And my grandad was delighted. He set it up and we all waited patiently for the…
I had many expectations about going on a silent retreat. Some realistic (finding some quiet space and alone time), some not so much (writing a novel in five nights and…
Five years ago, my tinnitus started. Silence was a thing of the past. Then over the last few years, I become more and more sensitive to and annoyed by noise.…
“Crunch, crunch, munch.”Deep breathe in. It’s not their fault they’re eating like a monkey that hasn’t been fed for a week.“Crunch, crunch, MUNCH.”Oh, for fuck’s sake will you just shut…
Ok, so I may have said that I was prepared for another lockdown. I may have been confident that my coping skills were ready to take anything another lockdown could…
Walking down a grey corridor in an unloved NHS community hospital, the curled edges of leaflets about coping with old age poking out of wire stands, I’m feeling a bit…