Hospital-phobia
On the face of it, you’d think that any hospital would be reasonably well equipped to deal with people like me – non-standing wheelchair users with…
Annus Melodramatis
‘… and then, I nearly died!’ Those words just about sum up my summer to the point that I almost feel like apologising that I didn’t…
Meaningful discussions …
How boring are recurring health issues? Just dull as ditch water, to my mind. When you have chronic illnesses, health related problems do tend to recur but,…
Wild Tales at The Gate
Okay, I’m done with The Whitechapel: two Saturdays afternoons and one evening I’ve wasted trying to get across to see the Adventures of the Black Square.…
Relationship Trauma?
I’m in the final few weeks of my creative writing course and one recent exercise required us to write a scene involving a confession and separation.…
Right to Benefits?
A week or two back, I was concerned to read media attacks on Katie Price who receives welfare state support for her disabled son, Harvey. The attacks seemed, in…
Helpful Advice
The response to this query below, read on Tumblr at Here’s That Bad Advice You Were Hoping For, really made me laugh. (I’ve included both question and…
2014 Archive 19: A ‘Normal’ Year
If 2013 was a ‘good year’, I guess 2014 was more my ‘normal’ kind of year. I made it through January-March without too much trouble then relapsed…
Stiletto Wheels 