Category: Thoughts
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Elementary my dear Michael
Has anyone seen the American take on Sherlock Holmes called Elementary? It’s available via Prime video. I am watching it, on and off. I wouldn’t…
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The sun has got its hat on
I am sitting in our garden well wrapped up. I need to be today, it’s a little bit chillier. The sun keeps putting its hat…
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Personal Space
(This is lighthearted not serious) Even before I was in a wheelchair I liked a lot of personal space, space around me. The current government…
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Am I dreaming?
In the Hollywood Blockbuster The Matrix, Neo finds out that his whole world was a lie. He had been asleep and machines had manipulated his…
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…and a great parking place
There are a lot of assumptions made about disability by able bodied people. A common one is how great it would be to have a…
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Snapshot
I have always loved photography. Back in the 1970’s an era that I have read in the history books, OK an era I lived through,…
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Thinking outside the box
(If you haven’t got a sense of humour, don’t read this) The trouble with wheelchairs is the wheels. Obvious I know, but true nevertheless. You…
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Why are we so gullible?
You’ve all seen the posts on Social Media and on your mobile: Why is this game so hard? Only 10% of people can see this…
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Little Windows
How are you at guessing the big picture from a tiny glimpse of a picture? You know the kind of thing where you see a…
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The three essentials
I have noticed that most TV series and films have three essential elements. They appear at various points, but they most definitely appear. 1/ A…
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To boldly go
I was watching Star Trek the other day. Well actually I watch it quite a lot. I am not a Trekkie, I just happened to…
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Who needs elastic
I was musing the other day about the value of elastic, or rather lack thereof. Before you all dispose of your knicker elastic, or cut…
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You can’t handle the truth
‘You can’t handle the truth.’ In the movie A Few Good Men.’ Jack Nicholson pronounces those words. They have come to mean things that are…
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Sense and Sensibility
I like Jane Austin, there I’ve said it, get all your ridicule out of the way now. Oh, you don’t have any. I really like…
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Watching the world go by
Aren’t people funny? Not me of course, other people. I am sitting at a window table in Perkins Warbeck, Weatherspoon’s in Taunton. Watching the world…
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2020 Vision
I have 2020 vision. Is what I would be saying if it were true. In fact my eyesight is not very good. 2020 vision is…
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Virtually Real
I discovered a whole new thing last year. Virtual reality; my son lent me his VR headset and I so loved the experience that I…
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To all those who care for others
To all those who care for others, professionally or as a friend or family. I want to say thank you. You are amazing, awesome people.…
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Hello, good evening and welcome
I haven’t blogged in a while. Sorry about that, I’ve been unwell. I know I’m always unwell, after all I write a disability blog, but…
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