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Slept poorly. Familiar nightmare. I'm in the village where I grew up (and to where I recently returned) and there's smoke, fire, ruined buildings and frightened people everywhere. My men and I are manning a defensive position by the bridge. We have to hold it, to let the refugees get away. We...

recognition

Make ready.

Water

Birthday

I suppose it is selfish, to an extent, though when I...uh...well, I genuinely believed it was what was best for everyone. I desperately wanted to go on living but felt duty bound to...uh. Anyway, in my line of work, we get this sort of thing all the time- the aftermath, I mean- and I felt that...

I remember when I was volunteering in Tanzania, I was at a bar on the seafront in Dar-es-Salaam one night, having a beer. My money had run out a few days earlier and I'd been fishing for my dinner and trading war stories and amusing anecdotes for booze with various travellers, but now it was my...

Lights

I'm not sure. I've never set out to conform or not. I'm just me.

If she smokes and can afford weed, she can sure as hell afford to contribute. Sounds like she's a chancer.

I am feeling awesomeness. I just watched the Kung-Fu Panda films back-to-back. Believe it or not, I find the first one really helps with my own insecurities and I find the second has useful (for me) advice about dealing with trauma. They remind me who I am. What I am. What I do, not just for a...

Hmm. You were where you were meant to be, for both of you. I really like strange little encounters like that. Sometimes I go out of my way to look for them. A few have helped me and I sincerely hope I've at least helped a few others. Things like that help me keep my faith in the human race...

Work

Propellor

My wife has described my symptoms as being a little like those shown by Watson in Sherlock, particularly in regard to their mysterious absence in highly stressful situations such as those encountered at my workplace. My friends have described me as being more like Murdoch from the A-Team, but...

It's nearly Winter. I'm happy. A creature of the icy north, me.

Thankyou, guys. I appreciate it. Maybe if I keep going like this I can get back to my normal level of self-confidence in time. I can handle the flashbacks and hypervigilence, but the self-doubt is the real kicker.

Except the fish

with a crash

and the roof

broke the windows

Hypothermia (Four. God. Damned. Times.)

COLD

Tent