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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
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

January 2026

When Stress Ends, the Body Speaks
Understanding Post-Stress Release Reactions
Jan 30 • Robert M. Ford
For the Minutes
For the Minutes
Jan 29 • Robert M. Ford
Test Pattern
When I was at college, there was a young guy who raced around Wolverhampton dressed as a cowboy.
Jan 25 • Robert M. Ford
We’ll Call You Back From the Office Phone
A note on a sophisticated scam — and the one rule that shuts it down
Jan 23 • Robert M. Ford
Once in Pink. Once in Yellow.
Once in Pink.
Jan 22 • Robert M. Ford
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