The only shopping I like is book shopping. I buy myself new clothes about once every 3 years, I don’t follow trends, and malls are not my happy place. Unless we’re talking books, coffee, or movies. And today I want to talk about clothes. After we booked THE TRIP, I got excited for a bunch of reasons. One was the chance to shop in stores that carried clothes in my size that I would actually wear. But then I realised…
If we were having coffee I’d say, are you ready for this? I’ve been up for hours and I don’t know what time it is, and I haven’t had my coffee yet. Isla already cracked some eggs, put her wellies on, and now wants to fly a kite. That’s fine. I love my experimental, outdoorsy, artistic child. But lemme say something here. Coffee before kites. I have a coffee now. Hi. I feel better now. How are you? If we…
If we were having coffee, you might remember I’m kindasortamaybe following along with the Ultimate Blog Challenge, or #blogboost. Today’s prompt is an Ask Me Anything post. Well. That could go a lot of ways. You might also have figured that I’m trying to blog more consistently recently. My new intro thing to the blog would be: I’m Lorna. I’m an American living in Scotland for going on 25 years. Share a house in the boonies with my city…
August marks the 7th anniversary of Gin & Lemonade. It’s been an interesting ride. I’ve learned a lot. About myself, and others. About writing. And how blogging is a separate thing almost entirely from writing. They’re cousins, I think. And I’d like to bring them closer together. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. I guess I’ve taken a few hiatuses, and since coming off the most recent one I’ve looked at this blog and blogging in general with different…
Gin & Lemonade is a disability lifestyle and parenting blog, sharing my adventures fighting ableism, promoting accessibility, and picking up all the toys in my house. I’m Lorna, and I started this blog in 2010, after moving to Edinburgh. More recently, after experimenting with country living for 4 years, the family and I are back in Edinburgh. I’ve always written about my life as a disabled person. And now I write about what it’s like to be a disabled mother.…
