Colin Pidgeon
@baldypidge.bsky.social
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Bad poet, worse painter. Fiscal nerd. Advocate for
#LongCovidKids
Views not those of my employer.
My great grandmother, Kate (Kitty) Lyons. Great photo courtesy of a cousin via ancestry.
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It's hard to believe from this photo of Rosie showing off her trophy, that she won this competition with a broken third metatarsal!
8 days ago
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#last100daysof2025poetry
Prompt for 23 October: coming of age "Wisdom comes with age" by Thijs Paanakker is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
18 days ago
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What do you do when your ignorant able-bodied fellow students won't make room for you in the disabled priority lift? Rosie fights back the only way she knows how.
20 days ago
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A blast from the past. I do love a wee
#haiku
even though I don't write proper ones. This is from
#last100daysof2023poetry
about 1 month ago
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#last100daysof2025poetry
#odesinoctober
8 October: wheel of fortune t_tally vacu_us waste _f an even_n_ th_s is n_t qual_ty enterta_nment
#poetry
#WheelOfFortune
about 1 month ago
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Long Covid Kids
about 1 month ago
In our recommendations to the UK COVID Inquiry we call for a nationwide public awareness campaign to explain clearly that Long Covid in children is a debilitating and potentially disabling long-term condition. From 2024 - Parents accused of making it up.
inews.co.uk/news/parents...
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‘It’s destroyed us’: Parents of children with long Covid accused of making it up
Doctors and parents say children are being threatened with being taken into care as medics struggle to diagnose their conditions and families are placed under suspicion
https://inews.co.uk/news/parents-children-long-covid-accused-making-up-3034629
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Today's
#poem
for
#last100daysof2025poetry
is in response to the prompt 'in the waiting room'. It is dedicated to the current failure of
#publichealth
#covidisairborne
about 1 month ago
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Today's flashback
#haiku
is a
#poem
from a couple of years back. I am proud of this one; it is one of my better efforts.
about 1 month ago
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy
about 1 month ago
Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection. "A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases involving over 460,000 U.S. children found those reinfected with COVID-19 during Omicron had over twice the risk of developing long COVID" Source:
archive.md/yFaMB
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Rosie's piece Prisoner of my Heartrate (a digital rendering of her actual ribcage and ❤️) made it to the
@ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
today in support of Sammie and
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
.
about 1 month ago
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Today's prompt for
#last100daysof2025poetry
is 'maritime'. Here's my effort. The
#poem
is best enjoyed if you also listen to MC Hammer's I Can't Touch This as you read
#youcanttouchthis
#hammertime
about 1 month ago
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@longcovidkids.bsky.social
#youthadvocate
Rosie has now shared the work from her
#WeAreStillHere
exhibition on her insta account, along with the explanation of what is behind the individual works.
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https://www.instagram.com/rosiepidgeonart?igsh=MWx0N25hamZubXB0NQ==
about 1 month ago
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#last100daysof2025poetry
Day 1: off prompt. In memory of the legend Dickie Bird
about 2 months ago
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#last100daysof2025poetry
Day 2: heritage day
about 2 months ago
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Betsy goes to work...
about 2 months ago
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From my morning to yours...
about 2 months ago
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Just sold a throw pillow, featuring my design of iconic Samson and Goliath cranes at Belfast docks. Have a look at my redbubble site if you would like to see what else is on offer.
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"Samson and Goliath" Pillow for Sale by pidgeonpaints
Iconic cranes from the Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was built, towering over the city skyline. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.
https://www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pillow/Samson-and-Goliath-by-pidgeonpaints/40475890.5X2YF
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
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If anyone else would like to add a virtual message to Rosie's piece Rona Lisa 2, please do so. She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an
#invisibleillness
like
#longcovid
or
#mecfs
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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Walkthrough of the
#WeAreStillHere
exhibition that opened yesterday.
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about 2 months ago
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Terrific performance of Never Enough yesterday by one of the NI Stars vocal coaches, Alana. These guys really helped make the opening of
#WeAreStillHere
really special.
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
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mind-blowing performance by Alana yesterday at the opening of #WeAreStillHere
YouTube video by colin pidgeon
https://youtube.com/watch?v=d8VDrcg3nzU&feature=shared
about 2 months ago
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A piece from my daughter's exhibition
#WeAreStillHere
with a short
#poem
of my own. I will finish it some time, but this is about all I have at the moment...
@brianbilston.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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#WeAreStillHere
#LongCovidKids
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about 2 months ago
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Stunning performance by NI Stars at the
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
exhibition
#WeAreStillHere
opening today.
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about 2 months ago
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Rosie is exhausted after doing 4 back-to-back interviews yesterday. This is the reality of living with
#longcovid
and
#ME/CFS
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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millenniumcourt.co.uk/we-are-still...
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“We Are Still Here”: The Unspoken truth of Long Covid Kids
Founded in 2021 during the pandemic, Long Covid Kids was created to raise awareness, provide peer support, and give a community voice to children living with the often-unrecognised illness of Long Cov...
https://millenniumcourt.co.uk/we-are-still-here-the-unspoken-truth-of-long-covid-kids/
2 months ago
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#WeAreStillHere
, a new exhibition curated by Rosie and supported by @LongCovidKids . The work has all been hung. Opening next week!
2 months ago
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Today's poem is inspired by the terrible texture of an avocado.
#poetry
#poetsofbluesky
2 months ago
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This was a very satisfying project to be involved in.
#LongCovidKids
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
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Colin Pidgeon
Long Covid Kids
2 months ago
📢We are proud to announce the LCK Poster Design Competition winners 2025! 🏆 Overall Winner: Michael J, Age 17 “I’m Not Fine,” immediately caught the attention of our judges- a bold visual style and powerful message, showing that even when someone looks fine, they may not be.
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Link to Rosie's forthcoming exhibition, supported by and in collaboration with
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
Really looking to this. Lots on fabulous new work, including a follow-up to her best known piece, the Rona Lisa.
millenniumcourt.co.uk/long-covid-k...
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Long Covid Kids Exhibition
Long Covid Kids Exhibition Opening event: Saturday 13th September, 2pm This exhibition features the work created by the long covid kids. This exhibition is intended to remind a hostile world tha...
https://millenniumcourt.co.uk/long-covid-kids-exhibition/
2 months ago
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A year ago today, my family and I took a stand with thousands of others in Belfast against the awful racism that pervades UK and Irish society. I fear we will be marching again very soon because it is not getting any better.
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Small copper, bonking moths and a caterpillar
3 months ago
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I reckon if more people spent lazy mornings picking blackberries with their daughters, the world would be a better place. It certainly makes my world better.
3 months ago
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Church, picnic and walk on the beach, followed by bodyboarding and messing around in the sea. That is pretty close to the perfect Sunday.
#church
#beach
#picnic
#family
#friends
3 months ago
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Rose Mary
3 months ago
🚨!!PLS SHARE & TAG
#pwME
!!🚨
@natashadevon.bsky.social
TONIGHT on @LBC 7-8pm Re:
@decodemestudy.bsky.social
asking; 'Were you told it was in your head, and if so what do these findings mean to you?' Tel/WhatsApp 0345 606 0973 SMS 84850
#MECFS
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
#SevereMEDay
#LongCovid
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I found a lovely patch of harebells earlier
3 months ago
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www.longcovidkids.org/post/design-...
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Design a Poster This Summer | LCK Poster Design Competition 2025
Long Covid Kids (LCK) is excited to launch a Poster Design Competition this summer — it's open to anyone aged 5-21 years and we’d love you all to join in!
https://www.longcovidkids.org/post/design-a-poster-this-summer-lck-poster-design-competition-2025
4 months ago
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Drawn by m'daughter as a wedding gift for her cousin. You've never met them of course, but the likeness is remarkable...
4 months ago
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Please share with any in the
#longcovidkids
community that you might know.
www.longcovidkids.org/post/design-...
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Design a Poster This Summer | LCK Poster Design Competition 2025
Long Covid Kids (LCK) is excited to launch a Poster Design Competition this summer — it's open to anyone aged 5-21 years and we’d love you all to join in!
https://www.longcovidkids.org/post/design-a-poster-this-summer-lck-poster-design-competition-2025
4 months ago
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This photo will always break my heart: Rosie watching the waves wash away her wheelchair tracks from the sand. I had tried to drag her across the beach with the rest of the family, but it was too difficult. So she sat with me waiting for the sun to set as the tide sneaked in before us.
4 months ago
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All 7 Pidgeons together in one place! Cassie just back from Hungary, Lily from Co Tipperary, Matt from Liverpool... And it's my birthday. So I took them all for lunch.
4 months ago
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Looking up I saw The ghost of a mighty tree You only saw dust
#haiku
4 months ago
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Work in progress
4 months ago
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Glorious day in Co. Waterford. Watched what I think was a cormorant bring up three fish in the Suit and the gobble them down.
#birds
#beaches
#sky
4 months ago
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A few years ago, my daughter Lily spent a dull Lockdown day dressing her sister up like her doll. Not all the memories of that period are bad, just most of them.
4 months ago
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Long Covid Kids
4 months ago
“#Publichealth researchers say strong evidence suggests preventing infection is key to preventing Long Covid, after they found more than a fifth of
#children
and young people were suffering ongoing symptoms following Covid-19.”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Today's
#haiku
is brought to you by the uplifting and cleansing effect of a wondrous sunset after a rain-sodden day
#poetry
#ireland
#sunset
4 months ago
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