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McGarrigle's musings

McGarrigle's musings

What are you ‘supposed to do’ with your life?

Maybe you’ve taken a career aptitude test and been told you’re good at nothing.

3 min readMay 8, 2023

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What are you ‘supposed to do’ with your life?

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McGarrigle's musings

You owe $18.60

Alex says they paid for Subway

3 min readJun 24, 2022

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You owe $18.60

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McGarrigle's musings

What’s black and white and red all over?

“You didn’t even try to guess,” Alex complained

2 min readOct 26, 2021

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What’s black and white and red all over?

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McGarrigle's musings

Alex leave a light on

I started working today as a support worker.

5 min readOct 19, 2021

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Alex leave a light on

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McGarrigle's musings

I promise I’m not trying to make your life harder

“I hope you’ll hear me out: because I’d like to make amends,” I told Natasha.

4 min readAug 6, 2021

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I promise I’m not trying to make your life harder

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McGarrigle's musings

The day the termites came

It was a strange ticking-scratching sound in the quiet.

4 min readMar 31, 2020

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The day the termites came

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McGarrigle's musings

Cathy and I moved in together in October and I gave away or sold nearly everything I owned in the…

“I feel weird about giving another man money in his bedroom,” he said.

3 min readMar 29, 2020

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Cathy and I moved in together in October and I gave away or sold nearly everything I owned in the…

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McGarrigle's musings

R U OK?

I’m not OK, I’m not o-fucking-kay

2 min readSep 25, 2019

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McGarrigle's musings

Night swimming deserves a quiet night

I told Cathy I’d move in with her, at some point, planned that point to be more than a year away. Now we’ve bought a bed together.

4 min readSep 12, 2019

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Night swimming deserves a quiet night

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McGarrigle's musings

I just don’t care

While looking for something else, I stumbled onto an old photograph of Natasha.

2 min readAug 1, 2019

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I just don’t care

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McGarrigle's musings

McGarrigle's musings

It started as a tale of love, loss, infidelity, then about what came next. Either I’m writing something worth reading or I’m doing something worth writing.

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