Still Bisexu-WHEEL (and Still Blogging)

Hullo my lovely readers!

It's been a wheely long time, eh? 

The thing is, the past three-and-a-bit years have been a really tough time to be wheely, and that also turned out to make it a really tricky time for me to be wordy. Or, more accurately, for me to find my words. (For reasons I've written about previously, as well as the more immediate experiences of living through the - still ongoing - pandemic as a disabled person.) Particularly in terms of more the more structured sharing of thoughts required by regular blogging.

That said, I've spent the last year or so attempting to recover, and rediscover, my relationship with writing. Helped by some exciting creative projects - including the Letters from the Grief Club anthology with Let's Talk About Loss, and my work as writer-performer on CRIPtic Arts' current Launchpad development scheme. Both of those will get their own posts, but the purpose of mentioning them here is that they've shown me I can still express myself through words and get not just solace but joy through doing so.

Indeed, the second project, still being developed with support from CRIPtic, has at its heart an emphatic exploration of queer and disabled joy. That's what's inspired me not only to write this post, but to publish it today - because it's Bi Visibility Day. And, as I've written about before, being bisexual has long been as integral a part of my identity as being disabled. 

Those two things are also intrinsically entwined.

That means today feels an apt day to start posting again.

Because I'm still bisexu-wheel, still proud and still punning.

Me - a white person with short brown hair and brown eyes - sitting in my powered wheelchair in front of a window with a view of a big tree and the sea beyond it. I'm wearing a grey t-shirt with a triceratops painted with the bi flag colours (pink, purple and blue) printed on it. I'm grinning.

 

Which means I'm still wordy, too.

And being away for three-and-a-bit years means I have a fair amount of content to offer as compensation for that absence. So, following this initial Triumphant Return, I'm going to attempt a relatively regular post for my old series #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays. The "relatively" is to allow for the fact that I'm also making a concerted effort to be flexible around my body, brain, mind and work. All of which will get their own posts as I get into a rhythm of writing again.

Hopefully you'll want to get into a rhythm of reading again.

For now, I'm glad to be back, and grateful to you for your patience during what was a rather longer hiatus than expected!

J