Reflections Anecdotes and Encounters

The essay is a form that many consider to be akin to a walk. We travel with the writer along paths they have constructed for us in their imaginations. This is not to say that the essay is simple fancy. Instead a synthesis of intellect emotions and imagination is on display here. Memory itself is centre stage as the writer explores some of their most dear memories unpacking along the way each of the complex emotions that bubble to the surface. Here I present to you all a collection of some essays I have written over the years. I’ve arranged them thematically to allow some threads to emerge between these topics but they can all be read individually at your leisure. Written mostly between 1996 and 2003 this collection relates to the heyday of my student life when I was pursuing my PhD degree and later when I joined my first job. As a young bachelor in those days I had plenty of time for varied experiences and plenty of time to reflect on them. Over the years these essays have transported me to a different time allowing me to relive experiences that are dear to me and to remember many of the insights I’d gained from them. May they amuse and delight you and like an old friend bring you some comfort you’d forgotten you could feel.