It should be fairly clear by now that moving from Stoke-on-Trent to Little Hulton at the end of 2009 physically (although there’s an argument that I’d left before then) was very traumatic. The difficulty of the transitional stage of working in Stoke-on-Trent whilst living in Little Hulton in January was a mental strain more than […]
Read More Never Going Back?So I’ve taken time out in the last few blog entries to address the exit strategy that’s been recently executed seeing me leave my job, the church to which I belonged and the city to move, apparently to the middle of nowhere. Click to read Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four and Part […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 6We make some big decisions in life, but usually those decisions come one at a time, in my case though quite a number happened at the same time. Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four of this series can be accessed through clicking the links and explain aspects of the move. I addressed […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 5Recently I made some traumatic decisions that are set to change the very way I do life. This series of interviews has been an opportunity to get closer into some of the mechanics behind these decisions and their consequences. Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this series can be accessed through clicking the […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 4Here’s the third entry into why the Dryden Family has moved from Stoke-on-Trent. Part One covered where we are now and how we got here. Part Two looks at when we left the city and began looking at why the move took place. So the interview continues … How does the rest of your family […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 3So we carry on the interview with meself from the last entry that explored where I am and how I got here. The point of this series of posts is to help uncover some of the issues behind the latest developments with me and the Stoke-on-Trent deal.. When Did You Leave Stoke-on-Trent? Good question. There’s […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 2I’m not sure if I properly addressed all in one go the developments from being a resident of Stoke-on-Trent working for the North Staffs YMCA and being a member of the Stoke-on-Trent Church of God (Seventh Day) to the current position. I know I’ve blogged on it intermittently, but I thought it might work if […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 1It was a pity, really. I didn’t plan to end it that way at all. As I’ve noted on a number of occasions I love the writing gig and particularly the rhythm of blogging. So to have it abruptly cut short with apparently no explanation was not of the plan at all. Here is an […]
Read More What Have You Got To Say For Yourself?I was thinking – yeah shock I know – how the blogposts give an insight into what I’m thinking at a given time, but don’t really offer that much insight into who I am and what I do, which is cool in some cases, but not in all. Then remembering the series on fasting and […]
Read More Fast and the Curious: A Grace Expression
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