I can’t tell you HOW MANY times I heard this when I was smaller/younger. It used to really annoy me because I knew I could do certain things and it would be alright.

This wasn’t originally what I thought it was going to be. Actually that happens quite a lot. And it isn’t really a problem because what I write in the end is often much better than the original idea.

I don’t remember if I have told you I am quite musical. Since coming to Scotland I haven’t played any music.

There is a series of documentaries that Kevin and I had discovered called “Home” and the one today was about a home in Mexico. And there was actually quite a number of people that lived in this studio.

I was watching Landscape Artist of the Year and Monica Poppham doing the commission painting of Renewable Energy and Orkney Islands.

Today I was very impressed with Johnathan. He had a small cut on the base of the nail on his middle left finger. It was a bit sore but it was, as usual, the blood that was the main issue.

I don’t know if I’ve told you, but I have had problems with my vision on and off for many years. Some glasses I have been given work for me and some have not!

One of the things you will notice with a child on the spectrum is the amount of determination they have to do something they want to do. The converse is also true.

When I think of the Great Unknown, it always takes me back to the world of pre, during and post Tudor times.

Do you know, I was glad I wrote about spring the other day? I had basically ignored the fact before that. Having said that, obviously, I knew it was and that Johnathan was in school in the spring term.

Friendship can be a difficult thing to negotiate, especially post-Covid, because we have been used to just being in our homes and now we have had to return to work.

I was wondering what to write about and my friend Clare asked why I didn’t write about the joy of spring. Well, I just hadn’t thought about it so I thought I would write to you about it.

I am sure you know, as well as I do, that discovering something new can either be a good or bad thing. And if it’s new, you don’t have any control over what it is.

Do you know that animals act by instinct? Well, I’m sure you did already, especially if you have animals at home.

This afternoon I was absolutely delighted and extremely emotional over an email I got from the deputy head about my boy.

Have you ever thought about the fact that we could all be seeing the same situation going on in front of us and all have a different perception of it?

Many years ago I used to get kidney stones and I can tell you they are SERIOUSLY painful. In fact, some people say they are more painful than childbirth.

I don’t know if you ever have something on your mind for days? You know, where it sits in the back of your mind and then germinates.

This morning I had woken in the night a few times and Johnathan was up early so we watched some children’s tv. There were a couple of episodes of Bluey.

As I have mentioned before (probably more than once) the autistic brain is formed in the person in the womb, so they are born with it.