October 2011
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“We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many...”
– Mona Simpson in her beautiful eulogy for her brother Steve Jobs
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“But I tell you one thing, I don’t want to be immortal if it mean living...”
– The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
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'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' by Rebecca...
I’ve just finished reading ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ by Rebecca Skloot and wow, what can I say? It’s a fascinating story that links science with a family saga, that will both shock you, intrigue you and at times, make you feel incredibly emotional.
The book tells the story of Henrietta Lacks a poor, black, tobacco farmer whose cancer cells, taken without...
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Goodbye Summer..
The Summer has officially ended, that is if the scattered days of sunshine we’ve had this year can be called Summer. Nevertheless today the clocks went back an hour and British Summertime ended, which means shorter days and the beginning of my favourite season: Autumn.
I love everything about the Autumn. The cooling temperatures, which pave the way for a new cosier wardrobe; Autumnal...
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“when I come back
we will go out together,
we will walk out together among
the...”
– From Galway Kinnell’s ‘Little Sleeps-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight’
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Today I had my first volunteering shift at The Bluecoat. I was stewarding an event called ‘The Pram in the Hall: Motherhood in Poetry’ which was part of the Chapter and Verse Literature Festival taking place at the moment.
It was hosted by Pauline Rowe, a poet and editor, who presented poems about motherhood from poets such as Anna Akhmatova, Deryn Rees-Jones, Anne Sexton and my...
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Update on my hair
I got a fringe. And I’m happy.
Now time to go buy some products to make sure I stay that way.
Hair Dilemmas
Today I’m getting my hair cut. Before such an occasion I always uhm and ahh about what hairstyle I’m going to ask the hairdresser for. Today the big decision is to get a fringe or to not get a fringe.
You see I like fringes, I’ve had them in the past and my family are unanimous in agreement that it was my best hairstyle yet. My problem is that my hair is quite temperamental at...
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