In Case of Emergencies
Middle age can be a productive time in a woman's life. Who knows what the meaning of productive is. Is being productive the same as being busy? No. Is being creative the same as [...]
Pray For Me
The Sceptic Tank, (slang for Yank, as in a person who hails from North America) told me that on a recent taxi journey her driver asked her about her blindness. Her philosophy is to [...]
Flash All You Like
I met the Builder coming up the road with his dog. He was chuckling to himself and told me that he had just seen a very funny incident. He said he wasn’t sure if [...]
The Blind Assassin
My neighbour was kind enough to drive me to #Heathrow terminal five. It rose out of the Hounslow ground like the architectural jewel of an emerging state, and proved equally hard to navigate our [...]
Talons, Claws, Scales and Nails
The God Daughter, has the most phenomenal finger nails I have ever seen. They are long and polished and sometimes bejewelled. I wonder how it is possible to be a working Mother with these [...]
Spontaneous Combustion
A conversation about unemployment rates amongst disabled people of working age reminded me, not only how lucky I have been, but of the sheer lunacy of prejudice. If it weren't quite so serious it [...]
Cinque Terra
Weirdly, I quite like walking uphill. There is no denying that age, expanding girth and lack of fitness make this more of a challenge than for the younger, thinner and fitter, but as my [...]
Out To Dinner
My hosts were in their usual good form. The food was excellent. The wine was flowing and the slow gin homemade. The conversation was about the local fishmonger and the aspirations of young adult [...]
Whats That App?
I like to think I am a woman in my prime. The evidence does not necessarily support this position. There are those that think I have the technology skills of an Edwardian, retaining something [...]
What’s Up with You?
I was in a pizza restaurant dithering over what to chose. "My God," said my newest colleague. "Your eye sight is terrible. You should go to Pakistan and get that fixed. My wife had [...]