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Kevin Marman
Retired care worker, writer, memester, autist, dissenter.
I like people who not only think outside the box, but reshape the box into something else!
I've been writing since I was 10. It's my sanctuary - though the structure often needs maintenance. In 2015, at the grand age of 56, I was finally diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Condition (Asperger's). I live alone with my cat, Daisy, my bicycle and lots of books.
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Morning
*/ beside my bed the books unread inside my head the thoughts undead the words unsaid the words unsaid (Image: mine)
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APP-titude
A silly bit of nonsense. Image: Wikimedia Commons APP-TITUDE I've got an app to wake me up an app to switch the kettle on an app to count my calories...
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Tom All Alone 19 (ii)
Final Chapter - 2 of 2 Moving day was arranged for the Saturday before the start of the school summer holidays. On the Thursday evening before it,...
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Tom All Alone 19 (i)
Final Chapter - in 2 parts. The following Saturday, Auntie Pat and Uncle George came over to visit, bringing Keith and Brendan. All had been quiet...
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Tom All Alone 18 (iii)
Mum came to collect Tom on Sunday afternoon. He was watching from the living room window and saw her coming down the road, waving when she spotted...
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It's one I always remember
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
It's one I always remember from animal rights days. I still uphold the principles, but I'm less active now. More involved in the environmental movement generally. It all connects up, though. None of these matters exists in a vacuum, distinct from...
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Yes, it matters. As Gandhi
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
Yes, it matters. As Gandhi said: The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
I watched a short talk with John Gray earlier, on the fallacy of 'progress'. We don't progress. We just go...
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PS I despised Thatcher, too.
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
PS I despised Thatcher, too. Still do. Always will.
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I was with Seeboard - South
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
I was with Seeboard - South Eastern. Started out at 19 as a salesman in one of their showrooms. I was so profoundly bad at the job that they eventually shifted me off to the district offices... where I discovered a certain talent for clerical...
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Wonderful! Reading this
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
Wonderful! Reading this triggered my own (dormant) wanderlust. Apart from all over the US and Canada, and a few places in France, I've not really been anywhere. I barely even go to my own town centre now. But I can travel in other ways. As Peter...
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I did succumb to a Kobo for
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
I did succumb to a Kobo for reading - but principally because book covers, for some reason, set of my contact dermatitis. Late onset, so I'm guessing it's something in the inks. Glossy mags are gloves-on only!
Yes, it was meant to be only...
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Another great episode,
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Another great episode, Turlough. Agree with you about my near-neighbour Geldof. I love your mix of observations - personal, general and universal. Always makes me think of the Alan Bennett diaries for that.
I'll never forget one of the...
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Intriguing. I was struck by
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2026
Intriguing. I was struck by some of the strange images - 'the stars a fish shape', 'soft as shandy'. There's a kind of synaesthesia I myself feel sometimes. Hearing colours. Tasting sounds. Part of the condition, so I understand. Thank goodness...
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I'm also glad you decided to
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026
I'm also glad you decided to post this, Jenny. Very powerful. It's always the waiting that does it.
My thoughts are with you.
x
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You have! Innocent times. I'd
Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026
You have! Innocent times. I'd left school, hadn't started work yet. I naively thought that leaving school meant I knew all I ever needed to know about everything. Reality a few years later was a big shock. I haven't quite recovered!
Thanks...
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