All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts
Shakespeare

And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Nietzsche

Two quotes. From two vastly different people. Both have meaning in my life, and relevance to today’s topic. It was difficult for me to come up with a title for this essay. I struggled for many long hours when...

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, so I decided to bake a cake for each Mum and Nana. Mum's cake is pretty much done, although I'm not sure how well it will turn out - I've never baked it before and the recipe looked odd. The batter tasted okay though, so hopefully it will be fine. Nana's is a chocolate cake and it's in the oven currently. Once it's done I'm going to take my washing off the line and make some lunch. And then relax. I can ice the cakes tomorrow, before I go over.

I can't catch...