Image description: A space invader from the old video game sitting in a wheelchair drawn in for use. Typically Joe and I go grocery shopping very early on a Saturday morning. We’re up early and we like to be in the store before the crowds hit. We’ve always done this, long before I was a […]
Image description: a pair of blue eyes, watching It was the strangest thing. And for me to say that, when strange things happen all the time when I’m out in public, I really mean it. It was strange. And I don’t now how to understand it. We were all headed over to the Royal […]
Image description: a line drawing of a counter with the words ‘public space’ written underneath It now takes a bit of courage and ‘territory claiming’ for me to go up Yonge Street. I love walking up to Yonge and Bloor from my place. However, given Toronto’s penchant for building a condo on every corner, […]
Image description: The number 97 with the word ‘courage’ written in the ‘9’ and ‘voice’ in the ‘7’ under those numbers are the words ‘and counting’ Everyone heard her. Well, not everyone, it was clear the person she was speaking to couldn’t hear her at all. We were leaving the store, our bags all […]
Image description: A set of four stairs with the words ‘KEEP OUT’ written on the bottom two stairs She turned to come down the ramp just as I came through the door. There was plenty of room for me to move over to the side to let her descend and then pass me. I […]
Image description: A rectangle with a yellow dot in the middle. Yesterday was a wonderful Easter day. We’d booked WheelTrans to and from the church and we were picked up at both ends right on time and had direct rides both ways. Church was wonderful and we had several conversations that were both edifying […]
Image description: a drawing of a semi colon surrounded by a blue sky I saw a woman with an odd tattoo on her wrist. It was a semi colon. She noticed me glance at it and then asked me if I knew what it meant. I told her that it was yet another grammatical […]
Image description: A fat person in a wheelchair with a big red bag of perpetual gratitude on the lap. When I exit the building, in my manual chair and on my own, I need to do it by myself without any kind of assistance. If people want to help they do one of two […]
Image description: a group of chairs set up lecture style I go into a lot of rooms that have been set up for a lot of people. I also go into a lot of rooms which are set up for small meetings where only a few are expected. All these places and spaces are […]
Image Description: A side image of a head with showing the brain which is full of thoughts like, ‘I’m stuck’ ‘In the way’ and ‘back up slowly.’ Yesterday I wrote about trying to get into the clinic where I go to get my blood drawn. I described a needless barrier and how people watched […]
