Month: August 2026

I wrote B You on 23 August 2019, during the quiet of the witching hour, without knowing what I was going to say. Seven years later, I found it again. Its message still feels relevant: amid all the outside noise, we can lose sight of our own thoughts ~ and of the person we were…

A story about language, culture and listening for the meaning behind the words. Sometimes we hear the words someone uses without hearing what they actually mean.My Swedish friend Cath B often replies to me with two simple words:“I know.”Now, to English ears, “I know” can occasionally land rather badly. It can sound abrupt or dismissive,…