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
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.
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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
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
