Category Archives: Family

Blog 141 – 1.8.21. Get out the sunscreen, it’s time for a really sore butt.

Posted on Aug 1, 2021 by aintwegotitmade

OK. I get it. It’s my time for some serious butt-kicking… i.e. being on the end of it. OK Miss Pollyanna….can you cope now? Continue reading →

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Blog 113 – 31.12.18. Today, I decide to be….less

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 by aintwegotitmade

In theory of course the 31st of December is just another day of the year. Really. It is. Just goes to show that only our brains make it something special or different. I guess that means that absolutely any day … Continue reading →

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Blog 106 – 12.6.18. The end is just about nigh….

Posted on Jun 12, 2018 by aintwegotitmade

No….this is not my week. I haven’t had my week for some…weeks. I’m snappy and unpleasant…because things are not going to plan.

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Blog 100 – 20.12.17. I shop, therefore I am…

Posted on Dec 20, 2017 by aintwegotitmade

It’s the end of term at St.W’s primary school (where I volunteer) today…we had a party, and the Yr 2s (6-7 year olds) are very happy and looking forward to Christmas. For some reason there was a pile of Argos … Continue reading →

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Blog 98 – 16.11.17. Edinburgh wheelchair adventure…..

Posted on Nov 16, 2017 by aintwegotitmade

On Monday this week, my mum and I went on an adventure. She’s 90. She looks after herself and is a very joyous person. Unfortunately, with me as her wheelchair pusher, she was in for a bumpy ride.

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Blog 95 – 1.10.17. Camino 4 – Camino Family…

Posted on Oct 15, 2017 by aintwegotitmade

Family is not like friends…you don’t choose family…they are just there. Everyone says ‘Hola!’ or Buen Camino! as they pass you on the Camino…you can choose not to engage of course, but if you find you have a common language … Continue reading →

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Blog 88 – 6.8.17. On the train

Posted on Aug 6, 2017 by aintwegotitmade

I remember thinking this before…maybe it was when someone else died…I could see myself on a train…and on this train I’m chugging along and I’m looking out the window and people get on and I am with them and after … Continue reading →

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Blog 81 – 21.6.17. All will be well…

Posted on Jun 21, 2017 by aintwegotitmade

It’s quite rare to get a really decent summer in the UK…Wimbledon (starting week after next) is invariably marked by torrential rain…that’s how you know it’s July.

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Achilles Blog 56 – 6.10.14. My own Walter Raleigh….and Florence Nightingale

Posted on Oct 6, 2014 by aintwegotitmade

I did it….went out with nothing else but my gym clothes and walked the 2 miles to the gym. And back again. On the way I found a workman with a pile of cement and a cement-y puddle of water … Continue reading →

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Achilles Blog 54 – 26.9.14. Much Ado about next-to-nothing

Posted on Sep 26, 2014 by aintwegotitmade

I love walking out the door with next-to-nothing. About half a dozen times in the last 2 years I’ve walked the half hour it takes to walk the 2 miles to the gym. I especially like cool, clear mornings…..I put … Continue reading →

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