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267/365 the book group trials

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Look at this, it’s rare. The sitting room is clean and tidy. There are no toys or nasty sticky bits, for once. Why?Because it’s my turn to host the book group (Gone Girl, since you ask). Everything was all sorted – unaccountably calm was the mood half an hour before everyone was due.Then I realised […]

Guest post: Mark, an man with Asperger’s Syndrome, tells his story

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Ooh what a life I am a disabled adult, asperger syndrome and ME. Think how very difficult this is. I am married – 13 years this year to a wonderful, wonderful wife Tabitha who is not disabled in any way. When people meet Tabitha they are stunned. First that Tabitha is no disabled and second […]

Guest post: The fun way to eat healthily

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Tasty chips – pic by Dan Germain, via Flickr Eating healthily can appear boring and dull, but it really doesn’t have to be. It is easy to eat healthily without having to live off salad and rice cakes. There are many different celebrity diets and fads going around at the moment, but all you need […]

265/365 The second last train…

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  This wasn’t today’s refreshment, but last night’s. My pal M invited a few folk out for her birthday and we had a fine time. My route home was via the magical portal of the second last train. It’s a strange conveyance – part jolly sit-com cocktail party and part tricky game show with very […]

264/365 living on the edge

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The edge of the village, that is, not an edgy sort edge. On my bike ride this morning I was pedalling along listening to an Alan Bennett talking book. First my peace was disturbed by having to wait for a hare to cross the road, then I needed to steer round a squashed frog. Later […]