Monthly Archives: June 2019

A Latte And A Side Order Of Fuck Off, Please

Posted on June 29, 2019 by S

The sky sort of clumped over with grey today yet this did not prevent Exeter from being far too hot. My favourite part of the day was when I face timed with my best of pals who rudely insists on … Continue reading →

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Movin’ About

Posted on June 28, 2019 by S

I walked some familiar routes yesterday, alleyways and back roads just behind the main city streets that I loved discovering when I first came to live in Exeter twenty years ago. It wasn’t a long diversion in terms of ground … Continue reading →

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One Lump Or Two?

Posted on June 27, 2019 by S

Hot has come to town. Weather, that is, not a flood of young and sexy people, although that does also seem to happen when hot comes to town. Yes, just six months on from the best time of year to … Continue reading →

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Admission To Mars

Posted on June 26, 2019 by S

Nearly at the half way stage of the year and it’s been bumping along sort of ok compared to the last one. Yet stability, contentment and hope are fragile creatures, and it seems it only required a three quarters of … Continue reading →

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Second Monday

Posted on June 25, 2019 by S

Second Monday, or Tuesday, as the humans call it. I’ve attached myself to a bicycle pump and inflated my face to the correct pressure to cope with coming into town to do ‘stuff’. You know ‘stuff’, it’s that indeterminate jumble … Continue reading →

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Dontcha?

Posted on June 24, 2019 by S

I like eating and I like to eat. Yes, I know I look like I exist on little wisps of air and cake crumbs because I’m barely visible if I turn sideways but, you know, Crohn’s is a wanker. By … Continue reading →

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Get Shorty

Posted on June 22, 2019 by S

If the length of the day is something to get excited about why do we say that size doesn’t matter? Phwoar, look at the daylight hours on that! Of course size doesn’t matter. If it did, I’d be too short … Continue reading →

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Drifting Away

Posted on June 21, 2019 by S

Longest day ever! Amazing what progress we’ve made as a species; we now have the ability to extend a day almost indefinitely. Soon a day will last a fortnight and school holidays will mean the slow, inevitable death of most … Continue reading →

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Kevin Turvey, Give Us Your Legs

Posted on June 20, 2019 by S

A great way to consolidate feelings of agitation and sadness is to bag yourself a crazy night of insomnia and the ensuing frustration it brings come sunrise. Oh good, I can tick those off my check list. Anything else to … Continue reading →

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Take The Mic…Psych!

Posted on June 19, 2019 by S

There is rebellion from my body and my mind today and neither was entirely unexpected. Yesterday I had a meeting with the clinical psychologist I did such valuable work with a few years ago and whom I’m still awaiting a … Continue reading →

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