Notices by martyn_clayton (martyn_clayton@mastodon.social)

I think we missed the worst of last night's storm, but there definitely feels like there's been a turn towards autumn over the last few days #TamarValley #Cornwall

I used to love August when I was school age, and loathe September. As an adult, it's the other way around, although dislike is more apt than full-on loathing. That comes too at times.

It's a heavy pressure cooker month when bad stuff kicks off, but you feel that you should somehow be enjoying yourself more than you are.

I'm craving those cool misty September mornings and autumn beginning to hove into view. It's like someone takes the lid off the world and allows it to breathe again.

After a few days here I'm really happy with my decision.

It feels a much more supportive and encouraging place. It also feels less passive, as if we're shaping our own community not having it moulded by algorithms or owners.

My original intention was to leave my X account with a link here but I think even doing that means some form of accommodation with the platform and what it stands for. So I went on today to deactivate.

I'm so glad there's an alternative with a very different ethos.

My gran bought a classic Parker Knoll egg chair in the early 1960s. My parents inherited it in the 1970s and had it reupholstered in the 80s.

They passed it on to us when we bought our first house in the late 90s. It's been looking very jaded and has lived under throws for decades.

I've finally got round to having it reupholstered and it was delivered home this evening. I'm really happy with the results.

It's the chair I learned to read in sat on my mum's knee after being a reluctant reader.

@WarnerCrocker thank you for the welcome!

Completely exhausted by the degenerate state of Muskworld so giving Mastodon a try. I'm currently a copywriter based in Cornwall. In September, I'm starting a PhD project at Falmouth University exploring the relationship between autism and crime fiction alongside a creative element developing a Cornish crime novel featuring an autistic detective

Would be good to connect with folks with shared interests:

#autism
#crimefiction
#writing
#history
#nature
#dogs
#Cornwall
#PhD