2026: What and, Hopefully, How
So that was 2025. A small word on 2026. No targets or anything like that. More about how I would like to try to live my life. For this year at least. Less a set of resolutions. More a statement…
Category Ways of Escape
The posts talking about those ways of escape!
Further Adventures in Painting: (Sort Of) Abstract
Painting is giving me some kind of relief. A bit of peace of mind. As well as enjoying it I am also getting the urge to experiment a little bit more although I am absolutely not trying to be some…
Learning to Love a Stick
I need to be honest. I mention acceptance quite a lot, but am I good at it? No, I am pretty crap actually. People tell me it is resilience but it is not. It is stubborn pig-headedness. It can be…
For the Love of… Films!
The next in a set of occasional posts in a series ‘For the Love Of…’ Basically I will just write about something I like a lot. Nothing more than that! This one will cover films. Or movies. Whatever you want. The first trip…
The Known Escape: Taking a Break in Normandy
Familiarity can be comforting, gives you peace of mind. So this year we are back in Normandy, a place we have been to twice before in the same house. I have written of it before, fearing it would be overrun…
First Brushstrokes: Learning to Look with Different Eyes
I am a late and clumsy arrival to the world of art. Indeed, what I do is probably art in the loosest possible sense! I don’t pretend they are great works and my early efforts are as amateurish as amateurish…
The Joy of (Just) Riding a Bike!
It is a real joy to write a post that is just about riding a bike. Yes, there were challenges that were caused by my condition. Shall I tell you about them? No, not this time. This is just a…
For the Love Of… Cycling
The first of a set of occasional posts in a series ‘For the Love Of…’ Basically I will just write about something I like a lot. Nothing more than that! This one will cover cycling. Today. Nine years ago today.…
For the Love Of…
Not so much a new category as a set of rambles. ‘For the Love Of…’ posts will be in the ‘Ways of Escape‘ category and will just cover random things that I like to do and which do not involve…
A Life of Constant Change
It has been difficult to write recently. There are actually some pretty nice reasons for that although one is not that nice. Dealing with the constant change through Multiple Sclerosis. Changes in my mind, my body, my nervous system. Well,…