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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.
My stories
Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - A day out
I've almost completed the final draft of 'Gift' - my memoir about my time spent as my mother's full-time carer during the final months of her life...
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Tom All Alone (5) (ii)
It was a hard decision. But a month later saw her sailing out of Liverpool on the Royal George with everything she owned in the world crammed into a...
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Tom All Alone (5) (i)
As Tom got older, they would sometimes find different things to do in the evenings. Mum might sit him on her lap in the back room, and they'd try to...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Reflection
I'm continuing with the final draft of 'Gift' - my memoir/journal based on my time as my mother's full-time carer for the last few months of her life...
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On Becoming Human Again
Oh goodness, how I wish that the Russians, or Chinese or North Koreans, or whoever would take out all the mobile networks so that everyone you see in...
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Yes, you're right. Any way
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Yes, you're right. Any way you look at it, it's not good. I don't know what the answers are. Once an avalanche starts falling, you can't stop it. It'll only stop when it's destroyed everything in its path, and hits the bottom, and runs out of...
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I try to remain hopeful. But
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
I try to remain hopeful. But when you see how it's all being driven by the race to the top, and that the gap between the growth of capabilities and the development of safety mechanisms is so huge (1,000 to 1), then it's easy to see how it can...
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Thanks, Di. I think the
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Thanks, Di. I think the addiction is understandable. It's an essential part of the business model for these platforms - the so-called 'attention economy'. The saying in Silicon Valley is 'If you aren't paying for the product, you are...
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I think of it as a bit of
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
I think of it as a bit of freedom, mate! It's funny, but I had a medical...
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I detest the whole culture of
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
I detest the whole culture of it, and refuse to have a smart phone. People call me a dinosaur. No, I'm not. Neither am I a lemming. I have a PC with internet connection, which I use when I choose to use it. I have a VPN to protect my privacy...
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Hi Turlough,
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Hi Turlough,
Thanks for your comment. I had a couple of 'episodes' yesterday with BIG car drivers, which inspired the rant! The area I live in is full of them. I was reading that their numbers have jumped ten-fold globally since 2010,...
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Ah, The Blind Beggar. Oh,
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
Ah, The Blind Beggar. Oh, the times...
Great memories, mate.
That scene where Ollie runs out in front of the fire engine and jumps in the back of the van - I watched that being filmed. It took six takes over about 40...
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Cassiopeia - 'the big double
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
Cassiopeia - 'the big double-you!'
One of the few constellations I can remember, because of the shape.
A first reading has resonated with my own thoughts at this time. I may not be able to decode the images, but there's an...
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As long as you don't get
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
As long as you don't get shouted at for writing in English! Unlikely, I'd think
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A fine piece of folklore, it
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
A fine piece of folklore, it sounds!
'I suspect it's the Reverend Ian Paisley.'
Hahaha! Never! Never! Never!
This made me smile this morning
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