Category: Thoughts
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Inspiration versus concentration
I was trying to work out the other day why it’s so much easier for me just to write what comes to mind, whether that’s…
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Not with a bang but a whimper
There’s some classic lines in one of TS Elliot’s poems, The Hollow Men: This is the way the world ends This is the way the…
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It’s not the despair, it’s the hope
There’s a comedy with John Cleese that has a great line in it. At a point in the story when the main character is almost…
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Towels have so many uses
I used to think towels were for drying. Or maybe, if it was big and multi-coloured then lying on and changing under on a beach.…
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Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture!
I have always enjoyed photography and still do, even in a wheelchair. My first camera, in 1972, was a Kodak Instamatic, it took cassette films…
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Laugh and the world laughs with you
“I have just had my third breakfast, so I should be OK till lunch at 1:30pm.” I was talking to a supervisor from our care…
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The long goodbye
(No it’s not about death, nor is it a fictional thriller) Carers are more than friends, but not quite family, they are professional and yet…
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A walk in the dark
Have you ever been wheeled along with your eyes closed? Perhaps on a hospital trip, or have a childhood memory of this happening? Maybe you’re…
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Mistakes, I’ve made a few
“I was wrong.” As Mary said this, I tried not to look surprised, but I was. It’s not something she says very often, annoyingly because…
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Memory
(Not about health) When you spend a lot of time in bed, you get a lot of thinking time. My brain is not as sharp…
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Consequences
Didn’t there used to be a game called consequences? Not sure I ever played it, I’m not really into board games. Too much time playing…
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I’m singing in the rain
“Oh no, I’ve given you another excuse to sing.” This said by one of my carers, after she inadvertently mentioned a song title in something…
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Me and my big mouth
I think you could say I am direct, blunt, in your face, a ‘say it as it is’ type of a guy. I tend to…
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Strangers on a train
“I just wish I could be spontaneous.” This was said by another wheelchair user on the train to Dawlish on Thursday. He had decided to…
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A fragrant offering
For Father’s Day, no don’t panic, it isn’t until 16th June. Mary is planning on buying me some aftershave. No, let’s be posh, eau de…
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Science fiction or fact
“Pass me the proton gun”. That’s what I felt like saying after I heard that one of my tablets is called a Proton Pump Inhibitor.…
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Cutting through the red tape
(This is based on my experience, written as a personal guide, not an instruction manual.) I’ve realised that for many people, including me, becoming ill…
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A writers’ life
When I used to picture my future life as a writer. I was sitting on a sun-soaked veranda in the South of France, sipping an…
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A moment at a time
Diary extracts: September 9th 1993 Migraine, chest pain, sickness. 4 lots co-codamol, 4 lots Ibuprofen, 3x Metoclopromide and 1x Zomig 24th March 2010 Woke at…
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Relativity and Time
They say time is relative, was that Einstein? I’m not talking about his theories though, but that feeling of time passing at different speeds depending…
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