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AbodeOneThree
http://www.abodeonethree.com
We live lives that are busy, loud and hectic. They play out in an increasingly impersonal world; one where fear is easier to find than trust, where stranger danger stalks our streets as the sun sets. Thirty years ago we could fall asleep safely with doors unlocked. Today safety only comes when a lock is turned, a bolt is thrown; when shutters are drawn to keep the world out, to keep it at bay.
This door is unlocked, will swing open if you push it. Please - come in.
Recent Posts
An unexpected solicitation.
I have been fortunate enough to receive some awards in my time - but today I received something new; something I did not know existed until now and something which was both surprising and exceptionally flattering.I received a nomination - three of th...
Welcoming this new unknown.
Time; turn your back for a second and it accelerates, hurtles. What is born as an instant will begin to grow immediately, threaten to evolve so rapidly and spread so relentlessly. Concepts and hopes, dreams and aspirations; all will be put to the t...
This service terminates.
This is as far as this ride goes for 2009. There have been plenty of passengers and plenty of stops this year ending - but now the time has come to switch off the signs and shut the doors; to bring this vehicle back to the depot and back under cover ...
A Trio Of Goodbyes. 3: 2005.
Heathrow Airport exists in a constant state of hustle and bustle, planes coming and going every hour of every day. People arrive, people depart - they mill about, jostle, queue patiently and impatiently. Lines of people with trolleys full of lugga...
A Trio Of Goodbyes. 2: 2002.
It was her cries which broke through the fog of my dreams and roused me into this reality; which forced me to open my eyes and enter this winter's morning in the lightless hours before dawn. This was a time normally bypassed, a time normally slept th...
A Trio Of Goodbyes. 1: 1995.
As much as no joining can ever 'just happen', this was the first that genuinely seemed to evolve seamlessly; that seemed to occur with minimal effort and no real options, choices. Looking back now the truth was different and the reality much more ha...
