Month: April 2017

Accepting your weirdness

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Hi, Some weeks are just the passing of time, whereas some, are more a series of small, but happy events. This time around was one of those. Firstly, I was on Single Dad Duty for the early part, as the Ever Lovely Mrs J was away on a course. This meant early starts (I really don’t do mornings) and being organised, rather than loafing about until nearly school time, with a coffee and my smartphone. How single parents manage it all, I really don’t know and hats off to those that do. But, the Every Lovely Mrs J has returned and not too tired either, so it’s all good. It’s a week’s respite and then I think she’s got another […]

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Heroes

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Hi, As a kid of the 70s, I read my fair share of comic books. Yeah, in a world with three TV channels and no YouTube, there was a lot more reading going on. 🙂 As to comics I wouldn’t say I read loads, but a fair few and mostly UK ones. For some reason, I never quite got into the American ones. Possibly because they always felt midstory, and quite possibly because our local newsagent’s range was fairly thin. Hey, welcome to living in the sticks in the pre-Internet, pre-eCommerce world. 🙂 Ignoring the WWII and sports strips, the more fantastic stories were the ones that caught my eye. Superheroes: present and past. Not everyone gets the Marvel or DC […]

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Time: it makes fools of us all.

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Hi, As I write this, it’s the wee hours, although the schedule option will pop it back to Friday night. I wasn’t home late from Chams, although the Ever Lovely Mrs J, who was up reading, wanted to be fast asleep before I turned in. I could have given the time, rather than ‘the wee hours’, but there’s those odd English phrases. The small hours, still of the night, witching hour, etc. All very colourful and, like much about being British, suitably vague and nonspecific! 🙂 So, not late back and not early there either. Hmm….. As I got changed back into my bloke clothes back at Chams, I thought back to the night that had been. Much laughter, stories shared, […]

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…

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Hi, A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with Andrea, a friend from Chams. We were both in bloke mode, and had met up for a coffee and a chat. We were discussing – amongst? other things – the concept of confidence. That strength of character, that both helps and drives you, to be, well, you. I think confidence, like cool or self-acceptance is that elusive something that’s easy to chase, but not so easy to find. That intertwined with being out & about makes for an interesting ride. There’s the whole trans journey: dressing at home, getting online, making friends, wanting to get out, to be out. Out, with others, or going solo. Whichever it is, there’s the nerves. […]

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