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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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Tom All Alone 14 (iii)

By HarryC on Fri, 24 Apr 2026

Tom's class was a large, bright room next to the assembly hall. Like the hall, it had windows all along one side, but looking out over the playground...
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Tom All Alone 14 (ii)

By HarryC on Thu, 23 Apr 2026

They were all herded into the large assembly hall first. It was filled with sunlight from the windows that ran along the outside walls. Through them...
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Tom All Alone 14 (i)

By HarryC on Thu, 23 Apr 2026

The end of their holiday usually meant a return to normal. But not this time. Now, it was all about change. A couple of weeks afterwards, dad started...
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Tanka

By HarryC on Mon, 06 Apr 2026

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5. Secondhand Prose

By HarryC on Wed, 25 Feb 2026

What it says, really. A piece from years ago that I've rewritten to fit with something new. Next morning, I sat down with a pot of coffee and rolled...
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191 of my comments have received 210 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks, Jack. I do, too. I

Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026

Thanks, Jack. I do, too. I know what he's going through!

I'm conscious of trying not to make this too mawkish and 'poor me'. I've condensed the time-frames a bit, but not much. Most of this happened over the space of about 4 years. The...

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Thanks, Kat. Yes, this was

Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026

Thanks, Kat. Yes, this was mid-60s. My aunt and uncle had one of the brand new council flats that were starting to replace the old streets that were coming down. It was like walking into a palace.

I remember that dinner so vividly....

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I've always had struggles

Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026

I've always had struggles around people, to a greater or lesser degree. Part of the ASC, as I now realise. But I enjoyed the work in my last few years there - in social care. I got out of the care side after Covid (managed to work all through...

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Stress can affect the health

Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026

Stress can affect the health in so many ways, Kat. I've had PTSD in the past - once so bad (and, ironically, following on incident in adulthood that echoed the '3s' problem I've recently recorded in 'Tom All Alone') that I was unable to go out...

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I hope, too, this is not

Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026

I hope, too, this is not about you, Kat. I didn't read it that way at first, I admit.

Sorry that you've been so down, Jenny. I wouldn't worry about making people feel down, though. If it helps to write it out and post it, it's honest. And...

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Ha ha! It's a conversation I

Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026

Ha ha! It's a conversation I have, too! All those years of fitness and healthy eating (which I still maintain as much as I can) - so where did that paunch come from, those veins?

More seriously, I wasn't sure of the Attwood connection, so...

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Thanks, Kat. It's one of the

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026

Thanks, Kat. It's one of the reasons I've always supported the underdog in any situation. I think being a bit of an outsider yourself is always helpful in that sense. You see things 'looking in' that you can't always see when right there in the...

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Thanks, Claudine. Even though

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026

Thanks, Claudine. Even though that happened over 60 years ago, that day is as fresh in my mind as if it was last week. This account is pretty much verbatim. It was a defining moment in many ways - like a trauma that still gets triggered if I make...

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Thanks, Makis. Seems there

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026

Thanks, Makis. Seems there were some sadistic teachers about in those days. Heirs of Mr Gradgrind. I sometimes wonder if that was part of her reason for being in the profession. I know from care work that there are still those attracted to it for...

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Intimations of something else

Posted on Sun, 31 May 2026

Intimations of something else here. Nicely suggested. wink

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