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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
Tom All Alone 17 (i)
I posted a version of this a few years back, as some may remember. It was a factual piece as the incident actually happened. I've rewritten it now as...
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Tom All Alone 16 (ii)
At school every morning now, the first thing they did was their News Book . They all had to write down something about what they did at home after...
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Tom All Alone 16 (i)
As time went on, Tom began to feel more settled at school. He got to know a few of the other children in class, but Barry was still his main friend...
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Tom All Alone 15
One night, as Tom was drifting into sleep, he heard a shout come from somewhere. He opened his eyes and sat up, listening. He could just make out the...
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Tom All Alone 14 (v)
After that first day, Tom felt more relaxed about going to school, and soon got into the routines of the day. Lining up in the playground when the...
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Thanks, Stephen. It takes
Posted on Tue, 06 Nov 2018
Thanks, Stephen. It takes some processing - and we're good at that! I over-analyse everything.
I tried to make this not so much about behaviours and more about how Aspies perceive the world. It's one of the reasons that diagnosis is so...
Read full commentPosted in Aspie Life
Legalise it now. Either that
Posted on Fri, 02 Nov 2018
Legalise it now. Either that, or I'm emigrating to Canada!
Read full commentPosted in Ode to Cannabis Sativa
A beautiful tale, Lindy. It
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
A beautiful tale, Lindy. It lifted my heart to read this today.
That's sounds like exactly my kind of holiday, too! The travel agents never quite understand, do they.
I especially love the hope embodied in this - the...
Read full commentPosted in Monochrome
So many things going on in
Posted on Sun, 16 Mar 2014
So many things going on in this one, Tina. Love, loss, disappointment, aging, the sense of growing isolation... and the comfort, still, in those small familiar things. That final stanza is perfect in capturing it all.
Read full commentPosted in Definitely Not Just Another Dog Story
Most people everywhere, I
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
Most people everywhere, I guess. Just to live in peace and quiet and have the essentials when you need them. The people who seek to disrupt all of that have all the money and power, sadly. Makes me think 'the people' don't really matter to them...
Read full commentPosted in Tobruk, Or Not Tobruk?
I can only agree! I've got
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
I can only agree! I've got all the Sherlock Holmes paperbacks I got as a kid when it was the only thing I read. Next to ghost and horror stories. And on that front, I've got three volumes I got in the early '70s - one given new as a Christmas...
Read full commentPosted in Morning
I've got the books, pictures,
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
I've got the books, pictures, ornaments... and the cat, too!
I've got a full 30-volume Encyclopedia Britannica - 1984 vintage, bought as remaindered in 1985 for half-price at £500. I used redundancy money I had when the old nationalised...
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Thanks, Turlough. I've had a
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
Thanks, Turlough. I've had a couple of sniffs with agents in the past, but it's never come to anything. I tend to let that defeat me when I know I shouldn't. But partly, too, it's because I've taken another look at the work and thought it wasn't...
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Same here. You can tell a lot
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
Same here. You can tell a lot about a person by the books on their shelves.
I often go out for walks in the evenings and my eye is often drawn (not in voyeuristic way, mind!) to people's windows if they still have their curtains open. I...
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Have you read Jonathan Haidt
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Have you read Jonathan Haidt's 'The Anxious Generation'? An important book. The evidence is pretty irrefutable - not just the stats, but the things we see with our own eyes. The kids are stuck because of FOMO. No kid wants to feel an outcast....
Read full commentPosted in APP-titude
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