Clive James in the New Yorker
This beautiful poem, Japanese Maple, by Clive James, in The New Yorker, has been going around Twitter. Amazing how illness and the imminence of death seem to…
Disability Chic Part III
I am now convinced it is a trend. The shot, above, is my third sighting of disability equipment used in non disability related advertising recently, this time in…
Disability Chic Part II
Okay, I’m not sure how I feel about this … is it a trend? For the second week running (first viewing at the Gaultier exhibition), I’m…
Hutong at The Shard
I love being in high up places. There’s not much to beat the giddy sense of freedom you get from being at a high vantage point,…
Ametsa, Halkin Hotel
Oops, I just re-found this blog posting – which I had forgotten to publish – about my recent, brilliantly wheelchair accessible, visit to Ametsa at The…
Romantic Moments, not …
From Tickld, it’s been doing the rounds on Twitter: 20 Worst Romance Quotes Ever. If, like so many of us homebound types, you are an avid…
Probably Nothing …
As anyone who knows me is aware, I love me some humour with my misery. And, I am always drawn to others who respond in the…
Anger Management
Earlier this week, I read via BBC Ouch: No More Mr Nice Guy: When Disabled People Get Nasty by Laurence Clark and my heart sank. I…
Stiletto Wheels 