In the animal kingdom, a lemming is a rodent known for periodic mass migrations that occasionally end in drowning. It has become part of modern day terminology for ‘following the crowd’. An online dictionary’s definition for a lemming is “the act of following the crowd into an investment that will inevitably head for disaster. Why am I… Continue reading Lemming or Loner?
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The Sure Investment
Growing up I often wondered why I didn’t have a father, like many of my school friends. My father killed himself when I was a baby, so I never got to meet him. It was only after hearing his story that I realised the many mistakes that he had made before his very last and… Continue reading The Sure Investment
Excel reveals the childhood games that stole her innocence – Part 1
I was born into a middle class family and I had two brothers and three sisters – I was considered the favoured baby by my siblings because I was the one born in the time of family abundance and wealth, unlike the others who were born in times of some austerity…! After I was born,… Continue reading Excel reveals the childhood games that stole her innocence – Part 1
Mr. Valentine
Single I first clapped eyes on this guy ten years ago in a Church service. He used to sit across from me and I’d catch his stare every so often. His ocean-like eyes would catch mine for a moment and out of shyness I’d turn away, and then look again. He was gorgeous! I would… Continue reading Mr. Valentine