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The Rest of My Life: Thinking...

By HarryC on Fri, 16 May 2025

6:00 am Howling cat fed. Now it's time for my first coffee, then my quiet half-hour in the armchair. As usual, once her bowl's empty, Daisy comes in...

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The Rest of My Life: Topsy

By HarryC on Thu, 15 May 2025

Mum had a dog. An over-sized border collie that I bought for her on her birthday 16 years ago. She was overjoyed from the moment she saw it, giving...

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The Rest of My Life: Windchimes

By HarryC on Wed, 14 May 2025

Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...

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The Rest of My Life: The End of Work

By HarryC on Tue, 13 May 2025

I could have used a lie-in this morning because I slept badly. I was probably feeling a bit wired out on the new 'I no longer have to go to work'...

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Fabulous. Stark images, and

Posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2024

Fabulous. Stark images, and some perfectly-chosen words to create them. I especially love that final stanza - dream-like and otherworldly.

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Me, too! 'Crackling Cauldron'

Posted on Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Me, too! 'Crackling Cauldron', 'Halley's Comet', 'Silver Fountain', 'Jack in the Box', 'Chrysanthemum Fountain', 'Spitfire', etc. If you do a search on '1960's fireworks', check out the images. You could still get 'Jumping Jacks' then, too....

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Yes, I've experienced some of

Posted on Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Yes, I've experienced some of that. When I was first referred to a psychiatrist to discuss the issue, he said to me 'You can't be autistic because you aren't flapping your hands and rocking in your chair.' So again, it was using his '...

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I only found out yesterday

Posted on Mon, 23 Sep 2024

I only found out yesterday that Steve Silberman had died. I was shocked as he was so young - and not much older than myself. 'Neurotribes' was the first book about autism I read after my diagnosis. Great book. I especially loved the first...

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Climate Change

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024

Thanks, Di. I was going to put that in, but wanted to focus on the tech itself and was worried about length (close to word count). You are absolutely right, though. The data centres that power the internet are huge already and are growing with...

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It is a rant really, though.

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024

It is a rant really, though. It just defeats me. I keep telling myself to drop it, focus on something else, feel happy again. But it's just always there, like this huge monster lurking in the shadows. And I also keep thinking 'What happens if...

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It was written with tongue

Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024

It was written with tongue planted firmly in cheek! Having said that, it was an attempt to challenge some misconceptions and stereotypes... and poke a bit of fun at attitudes.

Yes, it means different things to different people - sadly, so...

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Okay... here's the SoundCloud

Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024

Okay... here's the SoundCloud file. Best I can do, I'm afraid. It lacks the dynamic of a stage performance.

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Yes, absolutely. That stigma

Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024

Yes, absolutely. That stigma is, thankfully, being broken down. But it's still there.

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Thank you, Jenny. I'm

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024

Thank you, Jenny. I'm grateful for this comment - and I agree so much with what you say. I was a child of the '60s. They were tough times. But I still can't help but look back on my life and think I've been lucky, and lived it without this '...