Marc Almond
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Yesterday: I went to see the film God’s Own Country.
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In despair, because of my wife’s illness.
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Watching the South Korean film Past Lives. I was on a plane and weeping uncontrollably.
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I lost my poodle, Mighty. He was out of my sight for just seven minutes; he went out on an adventure and didn’t come back, and was taken by a coyote, I think. It was awful, really painful; he taught me about love and loyalty, and how the connection between living beings can be.
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Listening to the last 10 minutes of the podcast S-Town. It is one of my favourite reminders of what life is truly all about.
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To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
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