The Second Café
A missed coffee became an extraordinary reminder of what it means to matter to another person.
A missed coffee became an extraordinary reminder of what it means to matter to another person.
There are seasons in research when the work is less about producing and more about becoming the person who can do it.
Autumn has never felt like a season of loss to me. It has always felt like coming home.
In trying to imagine an arts-based component for my doctoral research, I discovered that the metaphors guiding my thinking had quietly become the method itself.
Sometimes the most unexpected days become the ones that quietly reshape the stories we tell ourselves.
Sometimes the answers we search for are not waiting to be invented, but quietly waiting to be recognised.
The more I uncover about my family’s past, the more I realise how many stories I have accepted without ever knowing where they began.
Sometimes rejection is not the end of a story, but the moment it finds its way home. A reflection on writing, imposter syndrome, and quietly refining long-held dreams.
More and more frequently, I find myself noticing connections – between conversations, stories, and seemingly unrelated moments.
Becoming a doctoral student and actually accessing the library are, apparently, two entirely different things.