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It began, as many small disturbances in Lower Tissington do, with something left exactly where it shouldn’t be.
Feb 13 • Robert M. Ford
The Shape Becomes Sound
A narrated story series from The Shape of Silence
Apr 16, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
So, You Found Me. Now What?
Welcome to Brittle Views.
Jan 29, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
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The Light That Stays
Oct 6, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
What Stayed Unsaid
Dec 3, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
She Stayed for Tea [Narrated]
May 26, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
Things You Don’t Talk About [Narrated]
Jul 19, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
We Will Find You
Apr 26, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
Ah tha' comin'?
Apr 29, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
Where This Pattern Leaks
The Secondary Costs of Containment
Feb 11 • Robert M. Ford
Stress Doesn’t Disappear—It Relocates
Understanding Post-Stress Release Reactions
Feb 7 • Robert M. Ford
Nothing Pressed
Nothing Pressed
Feb 7 • Robert M. Ford
The Hidden Cost of Holding It Together
On containment, competence, and delayed cost
Feb 5 • Robert M. Ford
Balance Carried Forward
The Women’s Institute hall smelled of polish.
Feb 4 • Robert M. Ford
Tea, Interrupted
On permission, pause, and attention
Feb 1 • Robert M. Ford
When Stress Ends, the Body Speaks
Understanding Post-Stress Release Reactions
Jan 30 • Robert M. Ford
Brittle Views
Brittle Views
Brittle Views is where I make sense of the world one essay / story / poem at a time—digging into memory, identity, politics, and the stories we tell ourselves. There’s tenderness, sharpness, and the occasional well-placed elbow.
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