Category Archives: Family dysfunction

I’ve finished reading “Spare” by Prince Harry and I relate to his story so very well, although our lives are miles apart, literally and figuratively, even more than I did when I wrote “For A Moment Consider That Meghan Might ‘Complete’ Harry Not ‘Contaminate’ Him“. I found the way in which Harry presents the dialogueContinue reading “Spare and Little Brother”

When I was an early teen I felt deeply insecure in my family. In many ways I felt like I was treated as foolish by them following the lead of my father. Perhaps it is normal that the youngest child is taken less seriously by the family, or perhaps that is a common perception ofContinue reading “For The Sons Of Deeply Insecure Men”

What was running through my father’s enraged mind that night I will never know — he is too emotionally repressed to ever be able to even acknowledge it happened let alone give me closure on what he was thinking as he was fully loading his revolver — but I have had to live my lifeContinue reading “How Farmers Lose Their Perspective”

There is a subtext to the story revolving around Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that you probably would not recognise if you are a part of the dominant majority in society. You might not even recognise it if you are a part of a suppressed minority, especially if new to it through migration. I recogniseContinue reading “For A Moment Consider That Meghan Might Actually ‘Complete’ Harry Not ‘Contaminate’ Him”