Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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After 40 minutes in a helltube (MRI)
Today a friend from church came to be my human guide dog when I had to go for an MRI. It was a repeat of my previous one that confirmed I have a brain and knackered optic nerves (20 minutes of noisy claustrophobia) with a 2nd set to check if I have a spine (another…
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A favourite photo
This is the description I got for this photo I took 14 months ago. It was amongst the first I described using the Be My Ai mode of Be My Eyes and I wrote a blog draft in my Files app and forgot to copy and upload it to this blog. “The picture shows a…
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Confident Cane User
Currently on Twitter a wilfully ignorant person is sharing a TikTok video of a confident white cane user crossing a busy road on a pelican crossing and then consulting their phone. The video has a caption that reads “What in the universal credit is going on here?” The tweet itself reads “It’s a miracle” The…
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Two thirds of my life
September has been Hell Month since my dad died two thirds of my life ago. Since then September has become a car crash of sad anniversaries and I usually end up spiralling into a grief funk. This year I’ve called it Sewvember and the photo collage below shows what I’ve achieved so far this month.…
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A Facebook Memory About A Scar
From 2018 Saw a question on a page:- “What is the most interesting story behind a scar you have?” I spoke about this scar which was red and furious throughout my childhood and early adulthood so was commented on frequently. I’m not sure when it got so unnoticeably pale. My reply:- “This one on my…
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Writer’s Block
Frequently on Twitter people ask for ways to get through writer’s block… Here’s a suggestion I make. Describe your photos so someone like myself who is blind can understand what is happening in them. The small pink cyclamen, hunkered at the base of the hedgerow, shakes like a defiant fist behind a barricade of grass…
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Circumstances Beyond Our Control
That’s most definitely what today could be entitled. Woke up with everything aching after a couple of hours moving around and adding the last bits to my backpack I tried it on and my body said are you insane I’m not walking to the station so took up Cat’s offer of a taxi. Having got…
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International Market
The Market is mostly about food and after being delayed by rain the weather app hadn’t predicted we left a little after we had planned. We got there during our lunchtime window after walking through the town and the first food we saw was the churros that my grandson was eager to have. After he’d…
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A Turkish meal and a walk along the Cleethorpes Prom
Yesterday since my grandson was with his dad my daughter and I waited for the heavy rain to stop and then went for a walk to a Turkish restaurant here in Cleethorpes https://beyoglu25restaurant.com/ The food was delicious and well worth the price but note to myself next time go straight to the mains the portions…
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What a journey!
I’m visiting my daughter in Cleethorpes and had a Murphy’s law type of journey (anything that could go wrong, went wrong). Unlike on previous journeys like that I didn’t get stressed. As ever I’d prepared the night before so just needed to add a couple of items to my backpack (wash bag and iPad). So…
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