Sparky’s Dream
Woke up feeling a little sheepish. Not quite clicking in to gear which is quite often the case for me. Right leg is feeling a little better than a useless stick and the hand is not quite gripping the way…
Category Ways of Escape
The posts talking about those ways of escape!
Back to the Gallery
I used to spend a lot of time in galleries. It was nothing exceptional to go and spend a full day just wandering around a gallery and taking in the images, interpreting them in my own way. When I first…
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,…
Walking: How to Make More from Less
Walking has always been a favourite pastime. Before I took up cycling it helped me loose a little weight and attain a fairly good level of condition. More importantly I enjoyed it, a relaxing way clear the mind and set…
The Return of the Slow Reader
I used to read voraciously. From the age of twelve or so there was always a book on the go. Always a slow reader but consistent. Kept going. The reward of this was a wider perspective, making the world a…
Further Adventures in Baking Bread
Baking is calming. Soothing. Taking flour, water, yeast and salt and making something edible from just these basic elements. It can feel like some sort of alchemy is being practiced. Eating some bread that you have just made… it can…
Turning the Record Over
Anyone who just dipped in here would think that my life is nothing but Multiple Sclerosis and cycling, with content on the latter reflecting that I am not as strong as I was. So, as 2024 idles in to 2025,…
Being Human
So the idea was to get away from MS a bit. In the blog at least. The problem is that it is difficult to make such a clean cut with something that is there every day. I don’t want it…