Who would have guessed
I have just been in the garden. First time in a week. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the garden,
Author: Mike Nevin
I decided to write about the funny side of being cared for. I am a full time wheelchair user with daily carers. It's my experiences with my carers that inspired this blog.
Can you see what I see
I seem to remember a song that went, ‘can you see what I see?’ Well the obvious answer, especially at
Elementary my dear Michael
Has anyone seen the American take on Sherlock Holmes called Elementary? It’s available via Prime video. I am watching it,
The sun has got its hat on
I am sitting in our garden well wrapped up. I need to be today, it’s a little bit chillier. The
Living in a bad Hollywood Blockbuster
Sometimes it feels like we are living in a movie…
Personal Space
(This is lighthearted not serious) Even before I was in a wheelchair I liked a lot of personal space, space
Can you see what I see?
In the Hollywood Blockbuster The Matrix, Neo finds out that his whole world was a lie. He had been asleep
…and a great parking place
There are a lot of assumptions made about disability by able bodied people. A common one is how great it
Snapshot
I have always loved photography. Back in the 1970’s an era that I have read in the history books, OK
Thinking outside the box
(If you haven’t got a sense of humour, don’t read this) The trouble with wheelchairs is the wheels. Obvious I
Why are we so gullible?
You’ve all seen the posts on Social Media and on your mobile: Why is this game so hard? Only 10%
Little Windows
How are you at guessing the big picture from a tiny glimpse of a picture? You know the kind of
The three essentials
I have noticed that most TV series and films have three essential elements. They appear at various points, but they
To boldly go
I was watching Star Trek the other day. Well actually I watch it quite a lot. I am not a
Glass half full
Is your glass half full or do you think someone is drinking out of it? My glass is half full
Who needs elastic
I was musing the other day about the value of elastic, or rather lack thereof. Before you all dispose of
You can’t handle the truth
‘You can’t handle the truth.’ In the movie A Few Good Men.’ Jack Nicholson pronounces those words. They have come
Seeing in a new way
I was reading the other morning and I thought ‘hello, what’s happened to the writing?’ I couldn’t understand where the
Sense and Sensibility
I like Jane Austin, there I’ve said it, get all your ridicule out of the way now. Oh, you don’t
Watching the world go by
Aren’t people funny? Not me of course, other people. I am sitting at a window table in Perkins Warbeck, Weatherspoon’s
