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Within Reach
It began, as many small disturbances in Lower Tissington do, with something left exactly where it shouldn’t be.
Feb 13 • Robert M. Ford
Balance Carried Forward
The Women’s Institute hall smelled of polish.
Feb 4 • Robert M. Ford
For the Minutes
For the Minutes
Jan 29 • Robert M. Ford
Once in Pink. Once in Yellow.
Once in Pink.
Jan 22 • Robert M. Ford
Stayed in Her Seat
Stayed in Her Seat
Jan 13 • Robert M. Ford
The Turn Not Taken
The Turn Not Taken
Dec 30, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
She Spoke First
On what’s offered, what’s taken as given, and the quiet certainty of leaving a moment as it is.
Dec 22, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
Allowed To Remain
On what’s allowed, what’s tolerated, and the quiet authority of leaving things where they stand.
Dec 19, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
The Way It Was Placed
On what’s moved, what’s meant, and the quiet honesty of things left slightly askew.
Dec 8, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
While the World Turned (A Tongue-in-Cheek Accounting)
Six weeks of motion, memory, unfinished business, and the small acts that kept everything from coming undone
Dec 7, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
Paths Not Yet Taken
On waiting spaces, small shifts, and the choices that stay with us.
Dec 4, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
Stitched
On wandering threads, quiet refusals, and truths that don’t stay put.
Nov 28, 2025 • Robert M. Ford
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