life
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The Dice.
The Gods throw the dice and how do you respond?When numbers don’t fall your wayHow do you respond When the numbers fall outside the linesOf what you thought.Of what you controlled.Of what you planned. Because. The Gods don’t care. The… Continue reading
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Nobody with No-body.
Loving myself, meant loving my body. All of it. For 40 years I felt one form of body shame or another. My innocent nakedness was shamed early by my mother. Her favourite story to tell on every occasion, even to… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 5)
Prague to Frankfurt. This is the second attempt at writing this. The first I wrote on the train from Prague to Regensburg. But even though it said it was saving, it wasnt. So, this is being written on Friday 7am,… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 4)
Hamburg to Prague day. 12/5/2026. Today was a travel day and I loved it. There that was it. Like really loved it. Blissfully so. Oh, you want the details? Ok. Heres what happened first thing this morning. I wrote it… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 2)
Unexpected Cologne, heaviness of Hamburg. Im writing this at the beginning of my day 3, sitting in the lobby area of the delightful hostel I’m in just next to Hamburg dbf railway station. My first hostel experience, and they have… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 1)
Darlington to Cologne 8/05/2026 It was no ordinary Azuma train from Darlington this morning. Normally I take trains from Darlington for work basis, sometimes for fun days out. But not this morning. Not on 8th May 2026 at just before… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 