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Eat, Train, Love (Part 3)
Heres part 3 of my travel experiences. Green Day, Green Lovers. 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
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Come out of the Edges.
Come out from the edges. Where it was comfortable for so long. Stand on the edge no more. Shadow wanderer. Scared edge dweller. Find respite in the borderlands no more. Resist the call. Resist fragility. For now, is your moment.… Continue reading
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Abuse is the relationship, not just the Incidents.
Emotional abuse, isn’t the moments, it’s the entire relationship. The whole thing. Interspersed with tiny moments of relief. The rest is eggshells. The rest is being gravitationally in their orbit. The rest is drama, upset, fracture. It’s not one event.… Continue reading
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The Invisibility of Male Victims..and Mens emotional needs.
‘Have you ever even bothered to think about men for a change? I’d like you to understand men better’ Theres a moment at the end of one of my favourite books Paulo Coelho’s ‘Eleven Minutes’ where the main character, ‘the… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 