Happy Solstice! Sight loss may be getting worse, but still having fun. Highlights of this year include: A cruise round Norway and Denmark Greenwich Observatorys Audio Universe Tour A course in insomnia that made a difference Learning touch typing Exploring the Outer Hebriddes

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Okay this may be my favourite christmas story, its brilliant @downith.bsky.social, i loved it, so funny.

If you get stuck on writing, the wonderful @jmgatford.bsky.social will sort you out. Got my brain whirring with some ideas to jazz stories up for January, after our call earlier today.

Fab to hear my musings on life singing out into the world. Thanks to @reachyourapex.bsky.social for publishing them!

Tonight read one of my new fairytale numbers at the bonkers yuletide @writershq.bsky.social show and everyone loved it. Was a real boost, been a bit flat creatively lately. Maybe im onto something after all. Either that or I've drunk too much cider...

Really exciting to spot my little novella on this longlist! Thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social for picking it.

Really enjoyed our Christmas concert, had a great time. Was a blast playing Glenn Miller, so jazzy and the saxophones sounded fabulous. Surprised myself when playing a fugue, a requiem, some Scottish dances, and loved Music by John Miles. And had a big audience too.

My life may be full of flashy rejections of late. But one of my previosuly published flashes, My Elemental Odyssey, is in this edition of Feast Zine. Love the cover, feels like could be a pirate ship. And love the playlist included.

Happy to be called a micro wizard! Sent my entry into the wonderful @welkinprize.bsky.social

Coming to realise the classical genre isnt for me. Every time we play it, I struggle. Partly because its so detial focused - when my sight struggles with details- and partly because it has to be perfect, which I can never be. But im awwsome at jazz and other genres. So maybe its okay.

When the lovely @mattkendrick.bsky.social writes me a limerick and its perfect!

Really enjoyed today's Brighton @writershq.bsky.social retreat. Was great to be writing, and to have some sensory quiet time by the sea this morning. Worked on some of my fairytale flashes, editing the little mermaid and the elves and the shoemaker.

Oh this is fabulous, myths and space and lyric beauty as a character finds their courage to do what they love.

Accessible sets aren't 'a luxury.' A new film starring 'Wicked's' Marissa Bode shows the way www.latimes.com/entertainmen... #a11y

Yesterday was National Clarinet Day, so why not read/listen to this flash about my love of jazz and clarinets, and how music always helps mental health for me. www.birchbarkediting.com/microlit-alm...

Tonight at wind band we celebrated the official date they started back in 1995, with some delicious cake. And with all the offers of lifts down the dark hill after, im glad to be part of this little community. The fact it all falls on National Clarinet Day is a happy coincidence.

So this happened. My little book got nominated for a Books of Brilliance Award, by the Readup Book Club, which wad exciting!. And was great to hear it was so loved by the readers.

Oh lovely to see this singing into the world. Everything is blurry and there isnt much distance vision so this can be tricky. Thanks to @reachyourapex.bsky.social for sharing my musings.

Dear cyclists. Life is hard enough. I dont ask for much. Just to ring a bell. If you race up and down on the pavement. I cant see you coming till the last second. And dont swear at me for not moving fast enough. And dont laugh when you see me crying in overwhlem. Its simple.

'Riding horses helps with my disability' www.bbc.com/news/article... #a11y

Yeah it is tricky. Have been to one that did offer audio guide, but it was up a lot of stairs which was hard on the way down.. Can be hard to find out if they have audio described performances. Or they have odd lighting, strobe lighting for six the musical, dark spaces and more.

Tonight I went to the gym for the first time in a while, to help my musical skeleton. Was less scary than I thought, with staff happy to help me work machines or navigate around. Wasn't too loud or bright, which was a plus. Would go again, a bit less stiff.

Super excited as headed to @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social for the day tomorrow! And sounds like a fairytale session will be super helpful for my current wip.

Had a lovely time at my first @bristolcon.bsky.social. lots of wonderful workshops that have got me full of ideas again. Was great to meet new people and talk about all things sci fi. Thanks for making me feel welcome and for taking sight loss on board. Till next time?

My sci-fi horror flash story "Woodsong" is now free to read over at Flash Fiction Online. Can a father and son, lost for years in a nightmarish woodland, finally find their way to something beautiful? @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/wood...

Always enjoy coming to bristol. The people are so lovely and happy to help. Had a great passenger assistance man. Then had a taxi driver help me find the entrance to my hotel and even up some stairs. Then had hotel staff help me find my room. All little things that made life easier. Thanks bristol.

At this point, she could have been a priestess. Her altar the kitchen counter, her holy relics a mug and a well-worn kettle. Her prayers were to her caffeine sources. Each scoop of coffee grounds was an offering, each pour of steaming water a ritual. May she have #energy and avoid fatigue. #vss365

Started today with a rejection for a flash and then ending my day with an acceptance for a flash. Not sure what to do with myself except eat some chocolate buttons.

If youre looking for a story of a jewel heist that doesn't go the way you expect, why not check out The Jewels of Inglorious Fortume? You might find that some treasures come with a deadly cost. www.amazon.co.uk/Jewels-Inglo...

Passenger assistance booked, bag ready, and a flurry of emails making my every access request come true means i'm super excited for @bristolcon.bsky.social next weekend, along with spotting some awesome workshops on the draft programme. Have a feeling it will be a rocket fuelled time!

Thinking about learning to use a cane? Or have you been cane trained but still struggle to feel confident using it? Our blog Meet My Cane, written by Orientation and Mobility Instructor Michelle, is packed with helpful tips and insights to help you get cane-savvy. buff.ly/8xlBDOW #WhiteCaneDay

Fabulous to see my little story about mistaking people singing out into the world! Happens a lot of the time when faces are blurry. Thanks to @reachyourapex.bsky.social for choosing it.

Today is white cane day, and i love mine. Use it all the time to get out and about. And it always makes the world kinder. It sings into my stories, as a dear friend. Probably the most famous is this one, shortlisted in the @welkinprize.bsky.social in 24. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

Lights go down as the first chord drops, uncanny string wizards playing in tandum plectrums strum my bones, as the drum beats my heart, the crowd swaying as one like a ripple on the sea, now I'm a soundwave, moving with the music as the music moves me. #mpprompt @malformed-poetry.bsky.social

Doing the best I can. It's not easy with my sight loss getting worse. Have ny wobbles but making steps to take care of myself. Theres always good things in the world, even if it's just coffee and cake. Everything will be alright. #WorldMentalHealthDay

Big news! Be My Eyes is partnering with Tesco for a six-month pilot launching on #WorldSightDay, bringing on-demand, in-store visual support for blind & low-vision shoppers across the UK. Get real-time help with products, offers & navigation. More: www.bemyeyes.com/blog/be-my-e...

Love it when world sight day is the day after world octopus day, two parts of my life coming together. And both just after I recently finished wriitng a novella in flash about an interstellar octopus being living in my sight. The universe always listens, pagan spirits know.

This is brilliant, really enjoyed it has a fairytale feel and a fab story.

Only fitting on world octopus day to finish writing a story about octopuses beings living under the ice on Pluto.

I knew there was something special about today! My favourite animal just such wonderful creatures.

You pulled the heart from me like excalibur from the #stone. I hope you are worthy of the #power bestowed, ensuring it's not #abused. Since, I can be as the Lady of the Lake, clothed in #ribbon & silk, come to claim it back. #emoetry #WildWalkPrompt #vssdaily #whistpr

For this year's @molotovlitzine.bsky.social monsters call i had a wacky idea and listening to where it takes me. And its dead fun. Also may involve time travel.

Oh this sounds spooktacular, cant wait to read.

Since it's spooky season, its high time to share one of my favourite videos of all time, a bass clarinet version of danse macabre which hits all the right spooky feels for me, and sounds beautiful youtu.be/pshc3VbRB1c?...

I want going to dress up for Halloween this year until I stumbled across...

He presses play, and the Moonlight Sonata begins. He pours wine. Checks his suit. Lights candles, marks the circle, casts the spell. Her ghost appears. A translucent hand to his, he places a ring. It clatters on the floor. She is gone. The music stops. #SciFanSat #vss #sff

are you in need of assistance, mermailady? the knight octopus will fight for your grace. #monstrosilist #octopus #ttrpg #b&wart #bestiary

It's a true #oasis in every sense of the word There's just one rule: you can't take the water with you If you do, the desert will become jealous, and the sand will swallow you whole For some reason, people never believe it, so the desert is always well fed #vss365 #vsshorror

New Micro by Jay McKenzie! "Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..." fracturedlit.com/cappuccino/