The Death of a Loved One

As many of the readers of this blog will know, my dad (Wes) died earlier this year. 4 weeks ago tomorrow in fact. He was 61, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the bowel and liver, and the 2 years the doctors had estimated that he had left turned into 2 months. So [...]

2 years

2 years is a good length of time. It’s the amount of time it takes to:

witness a baby learn to smile, laugh, walk, talk, and feed herself

pass 5 A-levels

explore the world, visiting all 193 member states of the United Nations spending at least 3 days in each

learn to speak a new language fluently

cook and [...]

Déjà Vu

noun
 

Psychology – the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.

disagreeable familiarity or sameness: The new television season had a sense of déjà vu about it—the same old plots and characters with new names.

[Origin 1900–05 from French: literally ‘already seen’ ]
Déjà vu is a phenomenon that [...]