HeyJaredWhat Now? with Lindsay Johnstone
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my delirium (opens the original)
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Other people’s family medical emergencies are tedious in the retelling. They’re also tedious in the happening and so in summary: many appointments, house visits, emergency vehicles, unsafe discharges, social work referrals, crisis team interventions, consultant meetings, OT visits and sleepless nights later, two very unwell people have been admitted to hospital.The Combined Assessment Unit — not quite A&E, not quite the main hospital — is colour-coded. She’s to be given a bed in Lime, the nurse
is it difficult or just unfamiliar? (opens the original)
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It’s lunchtime before I make it over the door, and though I regret the lack of jacket as I head down the hill, I know if I keep moving — keep to the sunny side of the street — I’ll be fine. My watch has been periodically scolding me for a morning spent on the laptop, which is another reason I’m cold, but there’s a lot to sort through. I maintain a downhill speed on the flat, cobbled lane between my street and the main street, enjoying the sensation of crunching and popping as the soles of my tra
Teenage Me / HRT (opens the original)
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The first meaningful run of wet weather. I dodge my way across rain-slicked, rainbow spliced cobblestones on the lane near the station. I have a big coat on for the first time in months and push my woollen-clad shoulder against the heavy, narrow door; shake my umbrella into the lane with my free hand. You going to a funeral? my friend asked when I sent a real time travel update 15 minutes ago. The venue is one I know well. It’s pleasingly dark and familiar. I’ve seen comedy here; hand sewn polit
The Chain: back November (opens the original)
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“First of all, thank you from the bottom of my heart. It was the most amazing writing experience I have had so far. I enjoyed the community the most but also — probably equally — the huge challenge. It ripped me out of my comfort zone in the best ways and landed me in the soft arms of the other participants with all of me bare. Another great thing was I had to face my long time BS. Namely that I don’t have time to write. Because, to my surprise, I did.”The Chain participant, August 2025</
the meaning of wallpaper (opens the original)
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I’m off to see at my local indie bookshop, Burning House Books, tonight ( , hello!) in conversation (maybe with Aimee) about her new book, Vocal Break: On Women, Music and Power.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_EoI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06905a23-b083-4af5-8580-31ef2e373d26_333
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