Justin in his power chair looking at image of himself in rounded mirror with art on the wall
Accessibility (#A11y), travel

Mile-High Adventure

My parents and I had a road trip to see the Interrupters at Red Rocks in early September. You may remember that I'm a huge Interrupters fan! They were opening for Sum 41. Here are some of the highlights from my latest road trip. "No matter how far I run" Red Rocks accessibility and the… Continue reading Mile-High Adventure

Concert stage
Accessibility (#A11y), Music

There will be sorrow

Saw the surgeon last week to talk about what’s next for my toes. Essentially, my muscle tone can get so strong that it’s bending and curving my toes on my right foot. I had surgery for both of my big toes about 6 years ago for this. The plan is to have a surgery where… Continue reading There will be sorrow

Justin in wheelchair in front of word wall of literary words such as wordsmith, essayist, comedian, scriptwriter, novelist, poet, and quote "Noble words coming. Look out. Could you try your hand at it you..." from James Joyce, Ulysses.
Accessibility (#A11y), travel, Writing

Random post of random thoughts

Writer's life: currently at 99k words I'm almost DONE with my last round of edits before betas. Not much time for blogging. Dream trip is DONE! I'm done writing about my dream trip. I was going to write about some stuff that didn't work well for me on the trip. I had an amazing trip… Continue reading Random post of random thoughts

Molly Tuttle Band on stage, Outlaw Music Festival banner behind, giant monitor with band members playing guitar, fiddle, bass, and mandolin
Accessibility (#A11y), Music

Somerset Amphitheater & the Outlaw Music Festival: “I’m MELTING!”

 For those of you folks who love the Wizard of Oz, this quote is the literal interpretation of Friday’s Outlaw Music Festival in Somerset, Wisconsin. This goes out to Live Nation and the Somerset Amphitheater for the embarrassing accessibility conditions. I know that outdoor music festivals in the summer are risky and you don’t know… Continue reading Somerset Amphitheater & the Outlaw Music Festival: “I’m MELTING!”

Accessibility (#A11y), travel

“Don’t stop me now”

You can’t do a series with music lines as titles about travelling in England and not have this one by Queen. This is the Peak District and Dublin part of the trip and inspiration for the title is from “Don’t Stop Me Now" by Queen. And, yes, it was a good time! Trains in the United… Continue reading “Don’t stop me now”

Justin, young man smiling in wheelchair wearing blue rain poncho and his mom standing behind, red telephone booth and red London doubledecker bus next to them, British flag hanging across the street, people walking on sidewalk
Accessibility (#A11y), travel

London calling

I loved the public transportation in London. My parents had the Transportation for London TfL app and Google maps to figure out the best routes and for the most part, it all worked as expected. The trickiest parts were finding tube and train lines that were wheelchair accessible. Sometimes we had to go out of… Continue reading London calling

Flight tracker on plane that shows Destination of London and plane flying over England
Accessibility (#A11y), travel

“Love these skies I’m under”

I love Mumford and Sons and there is a line in Hopeless Wanderer that is perfect for this post: “I will learn to love these skies I’m under.” This is a start of a quartet of posts about transportation in England and Ireland. This is the skies post. The next two posts will be related… Continue reading “Love these skies I’m under”

Musicians on stage at Eventim Apollo theater, blue lights
Accessibility (#A11y), Music, Sports, travel

Voyage on – what worked well on my England travels

This is brilliant! Caregiver tickets for free! Personal Care Assistants or caregiver tickets to everything we went to from concerts to AFC Wimbledon to museums were free. This was also the case when we went to Toronto about 5 years ago. So, England, Ireland, and Canada have this figured out! We do NOT have it… Continue reading Voyage on – what worked well on my England travels