An image of Jorik, holding a copy of Breaking the Boundaries, and a raised thumb.

Monday 19th May 2025: Autscape AND Talk/Book signing and such

Hi everyone! Not a long blog today, just a few things I need to make you aware of. (and a day late, sorry!) JORIK AT BSU 4th June 2025! First, for those of us who are close to Bath on the 4th June between 5-6pm, I’m doing a talk/launch event/booksigning event at Bath Spa University...

An image from a wedding reception. Five people in their thirties are positioned underneath a gazebo. The bridegroom (white, dark hair, dressed up to the nines) is in a cardboard boat, in the centre. With him, a thirty-something year old white woman smiles kindly. Next to her, a thirty-something year old dark-haired white man in a suit is biting his lower lip as he appears to pull down the gazebo. In the centre of the image is Jorik, a 36-year old autistic white gay in a suit wearing his father-in-law's tie, with a face that describes a self-insert teacher character in an Alan Bennett play. To my other side, a white man wearing glasses giving double middle fingers and wearing a facial expression of deep rage. The last man in his thirties is wearing a hat, dark sunglasses and is leaning in a fashion reminiscent of a human doing an impression of a motorbike. These were my colleagues when I was teaching English as a Foreign Language in Oxford, 2017-2020.

Monday 23rd September 2024: Long Covid + Wedding + How to Rest (again)

Hi everyone! Miss ‘Rooonnnaaaahhh…. Okay, so, bad news out of the way first. I’ve definitely got Long Covid. Why? For much of this past week, I’ve been kicking myself for not getting enough done. I’ve been tired, felt uncreative and emotionally flappy. It wasn’t a good week, even if I do now have the majority..

An image of a 36-year old white autistic gayboy, wearing glasses, stubble, headphones around his neck, and the bands of his rucksack over a stripy t-shirt.

Monday 26th August 2024: From the silence of autism… ACHOO!

Hi everyone, So. Today I’m sick as a dog. Part of that, for me, is that speaking becomes very difficult. I am too tired to speak. This is a source of joy to everyone who knows me, because they can finally speak without me interrupting them and make them accountable for what they’re saying. Yes..

Wednesday 6th March 2024: OHMYGOD IT’S BEEN SIX MONTHS!?

Hi everyone! Okay, okay, I can explain. At length, of course! That’s what I do, after all! I’ve been away. Don’t worry, I’m not dead, or in prison or kidnapped and held for ransom. I’m still here, plugging away, and, unexpectedly, really happy! But before I continue telling you where I’ve been all this time,..

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