Who I am
A word from the one behind your screen
Sport, writing, music, the school web TV — and why I am going now rather than later.
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Writing
What does not fit in three paragraphs
Social media is there to give the thread. Here it is the other way round: this takes its time. Roughly one piece a fortnight, longer, slower, and more honest about what I do not know.
The writing
Who I am
Preparation
Why I am going alone
It is not about money, and it is not courage. It is the only way I have found of being welcomed rather than received.
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Research
The nine questions I will ask everywhere
They fit on one page. They took months to write. Here is why these ones, and what I expect of them.
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Preparation
The van, the first thing everything waits on
Until it is found, nothing else is really settled. What I am looking for, what I rule out, and where I have got to.
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Second thoughts
What “natural” actually means
The word is in the name of the project, and it is the one I get challenged on most. It deserves better than a quick definition.
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Preparation
An association, and why it changes everything
Statutes, prefecture, bank account. The least romantic part of the project, and the one without which nothing can be funded.
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Second thoughts
Doubt gets published
Why I will also publish what I did not understand, and why that is the most useful part.
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Get the writing rather than go looking for it
A letter now and then. What I saw, what I understood, and what I did not.
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