Autobiography

A hundred moments in autism - I said these words to my wife

I said these words to my wife last night: “You’re easy to be with,” I said. “I might as well be alone.” By which I don’t mean that my wife is poor...
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A hundred moments in autism - Sometimes there is just too much

I am currently distracted by: My wife, emptying her purse the way she does, all ADHD, spraying her valuables as an abstract artist sprays paint. I...
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Fading, but happy – 105!

Emotional and vague, but seeming to appreciate … A card from the King … The staff gather and join us in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ as the grandson played the violin.
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Dad's funeral during Covid

Got to the car park of the cemetery The cardboard coffin and my family We walk it in and lay it down Pandemic seating with too much space around A...
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Monday morning's inner voice

You sit there, slumped in your chair, eyes glazed as you stare at the mountain of tasks before you. From above, I watch you, observing the weight you...
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Caught In Charm Of What I See

Dear diary... My senses experience significant aura caught in moments like this, in my mind lightness flutters... shimmering even in absence of sun...
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No Country for Cold Men

Made in the shade of our covered terrace late in the afternoon on one of those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.
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Bleeding Rainbows

Bleeding Rainbows Jennifer Pickup, 16.08.2024 I’ve had many labels stuck on me, But wearing them always has been with pride; ‘One of a kind’, I’m ‘...
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A hundred moments in autism - My own personal dress down Tuesday

An autist’s relationship with societal rules is complex. We don’t innately understand them the way a neurotypical does. Many autists learn to follow...
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Benches & Hedges

If you turn off your mind, relax and float downstream you might just find there’s a lot more than botany to discover in a garden, especially in Leeds.
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