my world has shrunk

before jasmine i read, watched and listened to the news.

i've not been one to soak up opinion and editorial. and 24-hour reporting isn't what i call journalism. so mainly i took in enough headlines and facts from various sources, just enough to work out what was going on and to form my own view.

but after jasmine i just stopped.

and i haven't really started again.

and i don't really miss it because the big stories are big enough to find me - i don't have to go looking for them. and also because the news is always the same - the people and circumstances may change, but the issues generally don't.

and mainly because i simply can't bear the stories of violence, murder and abductions any more.