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Category: Loneliness

Navigating the Doldrums

November 21, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

British yachtsman, Alex Thomson, is currently competing in the Vendée-Globe; a round-the-world, single-handed sailing race. It should take him around ten to eleven weeks to complete it. I heard him interviewed on the radio one morning this week, just nine days in. I shivered with horror as I lay in bed calculating how many days … Continue reading Navigating the Doldrums

An Austerity of Closeness

May 3, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

Austerity: it was the word of the last decade, wasn’t it?  Carried over from the decade before, from the infamous crash of 2007 when we (or someone on our behalf) over-stretched and over-spent until under we went.  And after that, I only ever thought of the word ‘austerity’ in terms of fiscal policy; I associated … Continue reading An Austerity of Closeness

Few and Simple Pleasures

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

Social isolation – no difference there then!  C. said that to me last month when we were teetering on the edge of the lockdown and we laughed in mutual understanding, each of us paid up members of the Loner’s Club; that not so exclusive band of members who spend too much of the week hanging … Continue reading Few and Simple Pleasures

Rear Window

March 14, 2020March 24, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 2 Comments

Rear Window – have you seen it?  It’s a Hitchcock classic; a masterful take on one man’s social isolation whilst living, incapacitated, in a bustling Lower Manhattan apartment block in the 1950s.   As social distancing and self-isolation sweeps the world, I thought I’d revisit it.  If you’re short of something to watch during these quiet … Continue reading Rear Window

This Feeling Will Not Last

January 22, 2020March 11, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

I have been lonely in the past, but I am not anymore.  I know I might well be lonely again in the future, and, when that happens, I’ll have to remind myself that the feeling will not last.  That’s one of the good things about getting older: we’ve seen it before.  Some call it, ‘wisdom’ … Continue reading This Feeling Will Not Last

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