A message in a bottle, floating in the ether. For reading my story, for making that connection between us... thank you.

"You'll probably need all year before you can really grasp the entirety of it" she said, and she was right as can be.

Even where nothing seems to stir, be it in a quiet town or inside a man called Otto, there is trouble that might not show.

An adult going into the deep to learn to swim... if that is not being vulnerable, I don't know what is.

Reaching Sweden earlier felt right and in my situation, that was something I had to listen to. So I changed my route.

Ironically, life was made easier. There was a tangible threat, mentally much simpler to handle than my illusionary ones.

The dark clouds that had filled my mind disappeared for a moment and a sun shone on me. "It will be alright."

He keeps on going, clinging to the hope that there is yet a way to return to that which he lost and those whom he left.

It was only a brief whisper of happiness before she would return to a new love, and I would tread on alone.

Adam said, bluntly: "To do what you are doing, you have to believe in something."

Better than my words speaks the image of two bikes resting, together. The symbolism touched me, and I let it in too deep.

True ring the simple words by Theoden of Rohan: "No parent should have to bury their child."

Had I been able to peer into the near future, I probably would have embraced her right then and there. But I didn't.

The age showed in the wrinkles, yet they made her no less beautiful. I never learned her name, nor will I ever forget her face.

Whilst the gaming crowd might not have a sexy coolness about them, the drive to engage is no less natural, no less important.

I had a rare sense of belonging and wished that I had a four-legged friend to go with me. In a future perhaps I will.

Nothing was more evident of the peace that she could sense than watching her surrender to the water in that lake.

Sexuality is the strongest force in human nature - to be born with a forbidden sexuality must be agonising.

For all my shortcomings, I never considered another. In her roughest moments, my thoughts and emotions were always with her.

It is not only the legend of Troy that intrigues me, but also clues it gives us of our spiritual nature.

The heat formed a solitary routine around cycling, writing, resting and repeating, Celebrations would have to wait.

Life has taught me the great importance of agency. To what extent do we have it, and what do we do when we figure that out?

With long morning breakfasts and collective dinner cooking, we made the tourist hotspot of Turkey feel profoundly wholesome.

I'm not made for maintenance, high class service or sharp precision. But energy, strength, calmness and love I have to give in abundance.