Maybe sitting in front of a computer did it, but a few weeks ago a knot formed in the centre of my back right between my shoulder blades.
I decided to book an appointment with a massage therapist. Not a relaxing kind of massage, but one that would get in under my bones.
Read MoreI send out a newsletter every month with information about what I’m up to. It’s fun and short and I’d like to try and interest more people to join. For the next few months, I’m going to post what I wrote in the newsletter the week after it’s sent out. You can have a look and see if this is something you might want to appear in your inbox every month. Scroll to the bottom to sign up.
Read MoreAs we move into summer, I am trying to get myself into some semblance of a better shape. This seems to be the pattern as I hit my late 30s and towards where I am now. During the summers, I am quite active - bike riding, swimming, lots of walking - and in the winter I get more sedentary. With the cold weather comes a bit of extra weight. So, about this time of year, I try and kick into gear and get shed those extra few pounds around my waist.
Read MoreEven though I am very much an adult, I still want to run away and join the circus. A few years ago, I went far into researching the history of the circus for a screenplay I was writing. The screenplay is still here, waiting to be made. A 200-plus page story that brought an old-style circus into modern times. Maybe I’ll dig it up?
The circus brings out the outsider in me. In the history books I read, circus performers were very much outcasts, people who couldn’t fit into society’s notion of normalcy. When they joined the circus, not only could they be themselves, but found a family that actively encouraged them to embrace what made them special.
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