Personal

This includes a wide range of miscellaneous topics—inevitably inducing an impression of boundless eclecticism.

A better new decade?

I wish all who read this a very Happy New Year: I am certain I am not the only one hoping that this new decade will mark a new beginning.

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A time to gather stones together

A short post written at a challenging time. Yet one of the many the beautiful things about hardship, when it strikes, is that spiritual comfort is always there when one needs it.

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Introducing Policymakr

A quick introduction to Policymakr, the new start-up I've been planning since the dramatic events of 2016

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Stuff I couldn't do without in 2011

My regular annual list of material possessions with which I cannot dispense.

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Stuff I couldn't live without in 2010

I’ve succumbed to the trend. Here’s the list of stuff I couldn’t possibly do without.

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Turn-of-the-decade tribulations

My difficult start to a new decade, and the tribulations of the French healthcare system, which is still probably the world's best

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Why I have finally decided to blog in my own name

The time has come to draw the process to a logical conclusion and make donaldjenkins.com my only home on the web.

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Why I've decided to keep a blog

In this initial post, one explains why one has succumbed the trend for keeping a blog

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