Last week I wrote about an interesting conversation I had about Tourettes with a group of young boys at the Nature Garden, one of the projects where I work. I was back there yesterday showing a prospective volunteer round. As we walked through the tiny bit of woodland at the back of the site we came across a group of children playing.…

Last week I spoke at TEDx Albertopolis, an event exploring the relationship between art and science held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. As an organisation TED is dedicated to sharing ideas. A key part of their ethos is that videos of their talks are made available online.…

OK, so it’s not entirely related to Tourettes but I thought I’d share a funny experience I had with Leftwing Idiot at a hospital yesterday. Don’t worry, it wasn’t an emergency – I’d gone in for my pacemaker’s annual check.

We made our way up to the waiting area of the Cardio clinic and found a space to sit, near the giant TV on the wall.…

I had a hospital appointment in town yesterday afternoon and Leftwing Idiot came with me. The appointment went well and afterwards we wandered through the streets for a bit, enjoying being out in the autumn sunshine. We went home by bus, and shortly after we got on I started to have a ‘ticcing fit’.…

At the weekend I had the pleasure of hanging out with Fran. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to catch up properly because we’ve both been very busy. But on Saturday and Sunday we spent a load of time together doing some of our favourite things – eating, drinking and watching murder mysteries.…

I’ve written before about the strength and power of Tourettes Mums – well, four mothers from the North East are taking it to the next level. In the next ten days they’ll be travelling across the country visiting every city in England to raise awareness of Tourettes.…

Yesterday I wrote about my childhood battle with soft walls, and declared it over. But today it seems that’s not entirely the case.

Fat Sister took me to her gym for a swim. It’s a nice place – all on one level and fully accessible.…

I was chatting with my mum on the phone earlier and she told me my gran had had an offer on her house. She moved in with my parents at the start of August and has settled in well so she’s decided to sell up.…

It’s not long till Halloween and the nature garden at work always holds a magical night time event then. I’ll be helping out again this year and I’ll need a costume. I went in search of inspiration and came across this BuzzFeed of creative wheelchair costumes.…

While Leftwing Idiot was away in Edinburgh over the summer I looked after his geranium. He got back at the end of August but the geranium stayed at the castle.

Several times he’d said he was going to take it home, and each time I got it ready to go – deadheading it, clearing away any dried leaves, and popping it out on the table for him.…