Fly by Wire
No one could accuse me of being fast. I have been in a wheelchair now for 2.5 years and I
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.
Capes not capons
I have the answer to all our troubles; capes. Yes capes, forget cooking capons. Get out of your kitchen and
UK Blessings Video
I wanted to include a link to the UK blessings video in case you hadn’t heard it or wanted an
The Social Distancing Dance
Have you noticed how we have all learned to dance. Well, maybe not me. I can’t even walk. But my
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
I have been scanning photos while lying in bed. Mary is sorting through old photo albums and I am digitising
Upload
There is a recently released Amazon Prime series, made before the virus. It’s an absolute mine of insights to the
Pain is an odd thing
Have you ever stopped to think about pain? We only see it as a bad thing, but pain is there
A blog by a relative in NZ
Tuesday 14 April, 2020(S.B. on her work as an essential worker in a Wellington NZ hospital during lockdown) I’ve never
The Depressed AI
We are always reading about AI taking over the world. But the reality is AI’s are depressed. Have you heard
Waves of change
I have heard a lot of people talk about, OK complain about, being ‘stuck’ at home. One recently said they
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,
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
