by Chris Barker | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorised
‘Well that’s not right’, I turned my head to take in again the view across the field through the hedgerow. ‘Wow! ‘Stripped bare, only yesterday the same field had 8-foot-high maize covering every foot of it, now completely gone.Quickly my mind began its logical...
by Chris Barker | Oct 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
‘I bet they won’t have corrected the bill and I will have to spend another 30 minutes on the phone chasing them up!’… ‘If the warranty isn’t worth the paper it is written on, who will pay for the repair?’… ‘I think the brown spots on the leaves might be a sign of...
by Chris Barker | Oct 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
What a bizarre concept, I don’t ever recall putting my heating on in September.‘Mmm… feeling a bit nippy in here… let’s put some extra layers on’, are my thoughts as I prepare myself for a series on online evening meetings. It has been a chilly day, where the...
by Chris Barker | Sep 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The nut is tightened, another rotation of the spanner, another day has passed.Recently a client asked me, how do you know how stressed you are?Each day, with each rotation, the nut tightens a little more. In my mind an image of a ratchet spanner, working slowly back...
by Chris Barker | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
Tired, still yawning, the air temperature feeling a little chilly. ‘Winter is on its way’ was a fleeting thought, as I set out on my morning run. A sense of routine, perhaps duty was present. A movement out of the corner of my eye caught my attention. Up high on the...
by Chris Barker | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
Somebody asked me the other day why they felt so disorientated all the time, which got me thinking…I recall being told we have all been equipped with a ‘discrepancy monitor’, located in our left prefrontal cortex. It is a useful tool that shows us the difference...
by Chris Barker | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
Cold, slightly silvery, rolling off my hands and fingers. Lots of pressure here, little pressure there. ’How do my hands do this automatically?’ is a thought that pops into my mind. Bubbles arising and then popping. Momentary light reflections, occasionally sparkling,...
by Chris Barker | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
Earlier in the week, I had some left-over wood from a DIY job and set about making some garden planters. Much to my surprise, several hours later, I still had all my fingers and thumbs intact and two decent looking planters! I had never done this before and for me...
by Chris Barker | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
I really don’t have the energy… my backs hurts… I am tired… I just want to eat and go to bed. All the thoughts running through my mind when arriving home yesterday from my shift. I had just realised I had a 7.30pm Zoom meeting for 2 hours. My mood was low and I really...
by Chris Barker | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
I was quite happy in my new role today, at the warehouse where my employment agency has found me work. I was lifting big boxes containing 25 smaller boxes onto a pallet. All seemed calm and stable, certainty was present. An unexpected appearance by my boss and a...
