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    Reading: Teleportation for the Soul.

    March 3, 2018 /
    magic book open on wooden surface

    I whirl down the widening gyre of words until the real world is a memory. When I'm reading all the nuance I’m too stiffened with overwhelm to comprehend in Real Time is unrolled like a Persian rug.

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    Choking on the memory

    September 9, 2012

    ‘The sun will come out… tomorrow’ – patience & expat life

    July 9, 2013
    Looking out across Lake Ontario

    Expat Limbo

    April 15, 2013
  • Aspergers,  Blog,  Expat Life

    Autism and Friendship – Flying Into The Windowpane

    October 24, 2017 /

    For some of us with autism, pursuing a friendship beyond the surface superficialities imposed by polite society is fraught with difficulty and self-doubt.

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    Accepting Disability – A Work In Progress

    January 28, 2015
    Child with aspergers

    When Aspergers Is Good News

    March 13, 2014
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    How People With Autism Fake It

    September 30, 2015
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Expat Life

    Wanting To Go Back

    March 17, 2017 /

    The mould that makes you shapes you forever.

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    Buzzard soaring

    Choking on the memory

    September 9, 2012
    Black and white, woman offering man flowers

    An Apologist’s Apology

    March 12, 2015
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    Borderline Personality Disorder – getting a diagnosis

    December 13, 2012
  • Blog,  Writing

    Why Is Blogging No Fun Anymore?

    March 13, 2017 /
    hands on the keyboard of an Apple laptop

    A return to blog posts written in a snatched hour or two, the excitement of sharing, and the triumph of curiosity over fear - that's the idea anyway...

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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Facing Difficulties

    August 22, 2012
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    Canada’s influence on your wardrobe…

    November 16, 2011
    Canadian Tire money

    You know you’re settled in Canada when…

    January 24, 2013
  • Aspergers,  Blog

    “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism”

    February 10, 2017 /

    It took 25 years, 5 psychiatrists, 4 diagnoses and a string of shortsighted doctors before someone realised the issue was autism – and that someone was Me.

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    Child with aspergers

    When Aspergers Is Good News

    March 13, 2014
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    Why An Autism Diagnosis Is Like Finding Out You’re Adopted

    November 6, 2015

    Autism and Friendship – Flying Into The Windowpane

    October 24, 2017
  • Blog,  Writing

    Why This Writer Needs Other Writers

    September 23, 2016 /
    Female writer with her pen poised and her chin in her hand gazing into the distance

    Here I am, back in the blogging chair. My plan to nix other writing commitments (no frivolous blog posts or freebie feature articles – I iz a serious writer now) and pour all my creativity into ‘The Book’ didn’t pan out as I imagined...

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    Autism and Friendship – Flying Into The Windowpane

    October 24, 2017
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    A Second Chance

    February 5, 2013
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    25 Reasons Why Canada Rocks (PHOTOS)

    June 14, 2012
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Mental Health,  Uncategorized

    Growing Up Girl: Sexual Assault As Standard

    June 16, 2016 /
    Horizontal view of a threat to a woman at night

    As the world opens up for men it shrinks for women, to a space the exact size of your body and no more. Because, first and foremost, a body is all you are.

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    Choking on the memory

    September 9, 2012
    Awards

    Versatile? Me?

    October 17, 2011
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    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 1)

    February 27, 2012
  • Blog,  Living in Canada

    A Knight To Remember – Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

    June 7, 2016 /
    Close-up of the left shoulder of a medieval breastplate

    When it comes to carefree escapism Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament holds the crown.

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    August 9, 2011
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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Facing Difficulties

    August 22, 2012
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    Welcome to Canada – the home of over-priced telecommunications!

    December 5, 2012
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Expat Life

    A Book, a Bereavement, and a Betrayal

    February 3, 2016 /
    Old book open on wooden table

    One day, I reached for it and it was gone...

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    That Laugh

    June 19, 2013
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    The Question

    July 16, 2014
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    The Model School, Athy

    November 19, 2012
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog

    Grandad’s Ghost, or, How To Fuck Up A Funeral

    December 17, 2015 /
    Closeup of a pile of vintage family photos

    Time, so boundless at first blush, is a shrinking prison, and it now seems to me ever more important to know the truth, to render the furrows ploughed into memory as accurately and authentically as possible. How else can you know who you are?

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    “D’ya like dags?”

    May 9, 2014
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    Who would be a woman?

    November 21, 2012
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    An Apologist’s Apology

    March 12, 2015
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Top Posts & Pages

  • Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
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    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
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    Who Are the Taliban?
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    How People With Autism Fake It

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