Welcome
Welcome to Assafra – this is our space, our stories. Hopefully, some of them will resonate, tell you about us and let you recognise some of yourself in here.
All my life, We’ve had a busy mind, lots of noise – this has resulted in the right choices, and the wrong ones. I hide the noise behind the polish, so in here, I am who I am so you can see and feel the real me.
Over the years, I’ve developed ways to think, tools to help me focus on whats important. Some of them We’ve posted up here, if they may be of use, please feel free.
As i watch the world and it feels like its about to implode sometimes, we are raising money to move and leave our day jobs, so if you see a tool, and it may be of help, they’re available mainly on Etsy to help us fund that move.
No Fire
It took a moment to realise what was happening. As my eyes adjusted, I could see my breath—like a kettle left boiling. Cold on my lips, while the rest of me was wrapped in warmth under the duvet and two dogs. Winter had arrived. The fire had gone out. Frost traced the window above the […]
Too Many A to Bs
The boat became an impossible project because we let it. At the start it was just a bit chaotic. A few jobs open at once. Nothing unusual. But the electrics had been fiddled with, extra pipework had been added for hot water, insulation had been started but not finished. Everywhere you looked there was something […]
Chicken, Then Dragon
The two-week wait on the kiln was doing her head in. Once it’s in, it’s in—and that’s it. Nothing to do but wait, which she’s never been any good at. Hands already on the next idea before the last one’s finished. So she needed something else to get on with. Bro was coming down for […]
Wrong Dog
We set off at 7am to get back in time. It was Mam’s wedding day. Family, celebration, the whole thing. But that wasn’t why we left early. Now I had a plan. Get home, do the hellos, then straight back out — Barnsley. Last of a litter of Jack Russell pups. His balls hadn’t dropped […]
Watertight
The last week was worse than watching paint dry. It was watching grout dry. A version of a shower had arrived.Hot water too. Hot water had been a fight—willpower against space. We won. Just. A week earlier we’d been jumping around like kids. High fives. Laughing as hot water came through the kitchen tap. Now […]
iMac
I once turned a small problem into a full day’s work by refusing to leave it alone. It started with something minor. A settings issue on the iMac — nothing serious, just one of those slightly irritating things that makes you feel like the system isn’t quite “right.” I told myself I’d fix it quickly. […]