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Dogsbody (1)
Something new! I retire next year after 50 years of work - and almost 40 jobs in total! I've tried many things - failed at some, succeeded at others...
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Tom All Alone (3)
Russell leapt into Tom's bed in the dark and pulled him down under the covers. "This one's a vegetable souper." The fart sounded like a sheet being...
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Tom All Alone (2)
"Wait 'til his dad gets home," nan said. "He'll have something to say." ... Those were the words that scared him more than any. More than the...
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Tom All Alone (1)
Their house was halfway along, and from the bay window in the upstairs sitting room he could view the street from one end to the other. He could see...
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Autistic Man!
Loosely-based on George Carlin's 'Modern Man' performance poem, I wrote this for a poetry slam a couple of years ago. It needs a rapid-fire delivery...
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As you rightly say, the
Posted on Sat, 01 Dec 2018
As you rightly say, the pressures on the young nowadays are enormous. The advent of social media and smart phone technology have created more problems than they've solved - especially for young people. One of my niece's boys was getting...
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Thanks, Jack - just caught up
Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2018
Thanks, Jack - just caught up with all your comments. Thanks for them all.
Your mentor is right, and I'm sure you'll like the story. The whole book is pretty much perfect. Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio is another such. ...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (The Night Before)
I can't stop laughing. I
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
I can't stop laughing. I couldn't help imagining colleagues at work (the boss is okay) I could happily do this to. This is a brilliant piece of writing. I love your sense of humour, Jane.
'The man’s white, flascidious buttocks...
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Thanks, Jack. Yeah... there
Posted on Sat, 10 Nov 2018
Thanks, Jack. Yeah... there are lots of misconceptions about Asperger's, even among trained people in the field. Lacking empathy, emotionally cold, etc. People struggle with Aspies for lots of reasons - principally because they don't follow...
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Thanks all for your
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
Thanks all for your encouraging comments. Much of the book is composed of episodes, divided into chapters and parts. The first section leads up to the illness, the second is about mum's brief recovery and those months we spent together. ...
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Enjoyed this. I know that
Posted on Sun, 14 Oct 2018
Enjoyed this. I know that feeling. Arrivals are often a disappointment.
Read full commentPosted in On Platform Two of Basingstoke Station One Night in October
Thanks, everyone.
Posted on Sat, 06 Oct 2018
Thanks, everyone.
Indeed, I could have added.... had I not been a member of ABCTales... had I not first heard about the site from a friend... had I not started writing in the first place...
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Hello again, Di,
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Hello again, Di,
Every autistic person is unique with what they can and cannot do. We have a savant at work who can tell you the day of the week that you were born on, but he can't tie his shoe laces and he has the emotional age of a 6-...
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Hope it could be helpful for
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Hope it could be helpful for you, Di.
Parents can be so cruel. What on earth is the father worried about? That his kid will grow up being thought of as 'retarded'? Does he not realise the potential harm he could do? Would he put a cat...
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This captures how I'm feeling
Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2018
This captures how I'm feeling myself, Jane. I love this time of year... but I miss the summer, too. I especially liked the final stanza:
Put away summer
Seal the songs and colours
In a box, to leaven...
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