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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
The Rest of My Life: Windchimes
Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...
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The Rest of My Life: The End of Work
I could have used a lie-in this morning because I slept badly. I was probably feeling a bit wired out on the new 'I no longer have to go to work'...
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The Rest of My Life: Retirement Day!
When my alarm went off at 5:05 am this morning, I switched it off. For the last time! Today was my last day at work. Retirement Day! I went through...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Photographs
I'm going through a final reading of 'Gift' - my memoir about caring for my mother in her final months. I thought I'd post this short section. It's...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Christmas (ii)
In spite of her cold, mum had rallied over Christmas and had been much more her old self. The warnings were never far away, though... The rest of...
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Okay... here's the SoundCloud
Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024
Okay... here's the SoundCloud file. Best I can do, I'm afraid. It lacks the dynamic of a stage performance.
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Read full commentPosted in Autistic Man!
Yes, absolutely. That stigma
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
Yes, absolutely. That stigma is, thankfully, being broken down. But it's still there.
Read full commentPosted in Mr Pettigrew
Thank you, Jenny. I'm
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Thank you, Jenny. I'm grateful for this comment - and I agree so much with what you say. I was a child of the '60s. They were tough times. But I still can't help but look back on my life and think I've been lucky, and lived it without this '...
Read full commentPosted in Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society
Absolutely. And they almost
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Absolutely. And they almost resolutely ignore that. Corporations like Amazon and Google, too, who use our buildings and infrastructure and get away with paying no or little tax. It defeats me how it's allowed to happen. I guess it comes down...
Read full commentPosted in Sir Kier Starmer Superhero – Sir Kier and the energy crisis
I can hear Tom in every word
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
I can hear Tom in every word - in that 'The Piano Has Been Drinking' voice!
Read full commentPosted in Noir-sery Rhyme
He's not kidding me - just as
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
He's not kidding me - just as Blair didn't. Labour is Labour in name only now. As a lifelong socialist, my conscience is clear in not helping this wanker get elected. Well said, Yutka.
Read full commentPosted in Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Starmer?
First class!
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
First class!
Read full commentPosted in The Big End
The 'double empathy' problem
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
The 'double empathy' problem helps to explain it. If you get two people together from entirely different cultures, with no sharing of language, belief system, cultural norms, etc... they'll have the same problem. I've a theory that it's at the...
Read full commentPosted in What is Autism? A brief guide...
Same here. Chuckling all the
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Same here. Chuckling all the way. Laughed out loud at
'You turn to the wife and kids. They are sitting in the car. The signs are bad but they still have hope.'
And 'The Majestic Hote.' Great!
Made me think of a Denzel...
Read full commentPosted in The Big End
Thanks, Di. I'll never
Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Thanks, Di. I'll never forget that moment. It didn't take long after this, incidentally, for Greg to become my 'right-hand man'. I ended up being able to get him to do anything! It was wonderful.
Thanks for the cherries, too, eds!
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 5 (ii)
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