Breccia by Ruth Allen

Breccia by Ruth Allen

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And then there are bad days

My week in birds | inappropriate wishes | fix one problem at a time

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Ruth Allen, PhD (MNCPS)
Sep 12, 2024
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Last week I found myself half-heartedly wishing to see the inside of a hospital A&E. Not a common wish for most people, but it would have been my Dad’s 70th birthday and he spent most of his life working in the Casualty unit as charge nurse – a real life Charlie Fairhead (which was even filmed in the A&E where my dad actually worked until he died). It h…

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