Like many T* folk I took full advantage of the various lockdowns during the pandemic to experiment with clothing, hair and make-up, as well as building my confidence to actually move my transition forward. But, what was happening in my life just before lockdown #1 announcement on 9th March 2020? I took this photo that morning, shortly before lunch and […]
Now & Then In Vogue
A Change of GP
I really should entitle this post as a change of town, but that’s a longer story. I relocated 7 weeks ago at the time of writing this and hadn’t been here long when my pharmacy, in my old town, told me that my prescription was ready to be collected. Unfortunately I didn’t feel that I could rely on anyone to […]
Changes
Lots of changes recently. My daughter left home after 15 years with me as sole carer, but it took a month before I was certain she wasn’t coming back. By the time I did know, Christmas was just a couple of weeks away and the housing market dries up. In January I left town, although I’m not far away, to […]
Autumn Blues
Autumn (aka Fall in some places) is always a time of change and mostly small changes. My biggest event of the autumn is the Harwich International Shanty festival, where I am photographer, webmistress and part-time social media manager. The weather held for our mid-October festival weekend and many thousands enjoyed the local hospitality. I am very active during the festival […]
Where am I? (Updated)
Edited – see below The summer has arrived and I’m nearly 18 months down the line from my transition, whilst also 2 years on from my effective GIC referral date. So, time to take stock. Firstly, zero has happened on the NHS front in the past year. This isn’t unexpected but it saddens me that my health isn’t being monitored. […]
A Rail Tour to Harwich Town!
A rail excursion is due on the Mayflower Line tomorrow (Sunday July 28). The locomotive hauled train is visiting watery extremities in NE Essex and at Ipswich. It will pass through Manningtree station to Harwich Town and exits on the curve at Manningtree towards Ipswich Wharf. Leading on arrival is a Class 33, leading on departure is a Class 56. […]
New to my books?
If you are new to my writing, and don’t know where to start, then I may be able to help! The first openly published story was the Unaccounted Gains series. “How much trouble can an accountant get into? Plenty it would seem.” This series follows a 30-year old accountant who is caught up in a terrorist operation and becomes a […]
Buy me a coffee!
Please help support my writing and Buy Me A Coffee Late 2024 and I urgently need to relocate – please help me if you can.
A rant!
A summary of the past few days: 2 towns, 4 frocks, a beer festival (twice), 4 pubs (twice) and multiple trains. One, just one bigot, who is a known problem, I dealt with him and he left the pub. That’s it. I’m out there. I’ll add that my transition has zero GP support and no regional NHS help. I have […]
Photos
I’m always taking photos whilst I’m out & about but perhaps more so than the average person? I look after a clutch of websites & social media accounts for community & charity groups locally so I could be photographing an event or getting library shots that I might use at a later date. If I know I will need high […]