Everyone Else is Taken

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Amusing, introspective, relatable. These cozy but thought-provoking posts are suitable for tea breaks, unwelcome dread at 3 a.m. or waiting for pasta to boil. Repeat as needed.
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About Sue Sutherland-Wood

Fiction and feature writer, essayist and blogger. Mother. Buddhist enthusiast. Recently retired library assistant. Canadian, but plenty of British marbling. I admire a clever wit, anything in The Guardian and Patti Smith's reading list.

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