On Monday October 9th, 2006, this blog made it’s first appearance. It was named ‘Chewing the Fat’ at the time because I thought it funny and because I hoped it would, assure people that I knew who I was, what I looked like and that I was good with saying it out loud. Over time […]
I was getting into the car when I noticed, as isn’t uncommon, someone standing and watching me do this. I find this really intrusive and even though I am in a public space, an invasion of my privacy. So, I said to her, “Excuse me, please don’t stare at me, I don’t like being watched,” […]
Photo description: Two piles, one of gravel, one of dirt. The are in front of a barren piece of land. So, go ahead and guess. What is this picture of? Clearly something’s going to be done here, the piles are the ingredients for some kind of construction. Just off to the side of this is […]
I rarely shock myself. I do occasionally surprise myself, mostly by what comes out my mouth unbidden, but shock that’s rare. Yesterday I did something so uncharacteristic that it even shocked, and maybe worried, Joe. I could see him reeling as he helped me. We got to our hotel in Crescent City in the very […]
Living dangerously, we had tea for breakfast. We are both men of the age where black pants are the only sensible solution — they say that the body is a temple, so as with all buildings the plumbing gets a little rusty — and typically we never have tea with breakfast when we have a […]
There are three things I do when travelling by air to make the experience less frightening. To be clear, I am not at all afraid of flying, I don’t love it, but it doesn’t scare me. (Don’t you love the part of the safety video where they say, “By now you should be comfortably seated […]
It seemed like a perfectly ordinary grocery store. We’ve been there before, in fact, and we’d come back because we wanted to pick up a few ‘for the room’ things before we headed over the Bay Bridge. It’s another part of our routine when we come to San Francisco. We were almost done when Joe […]
When I’m working out on the ergometer at the gym, I watch one of my favourite quiz shows. It’s been on televison for years, it’s British and not on television here in Canada so that means there are thousands of episodes that I’ve not seen. I enjoy watching the program and find it just engrossing […]
I read a report recently that most people are poorly fit to their mobility devices and as a result experience pain for at least part of their day. For me, this is also true, I do experience some pain when I’m in the chair for a very long time. At the end of a day’s […]
First I was filled with anticipation. Now I’m full of fear. First I was eager. Now, not so much. My new chair arrives on Monday in the late afternoon. We’ve gone through a lengthy process trying to get exactly the right fit, exactly the right wheels, exactly the right height. Measurements were taken and tryouts […]
