Author Archives: emibee1

Well, I am back from the first proper break in a long time. Back to the grindstone of chasing people who do not do what is needed to make my work move forward. It was lovely being away surrounded by stunning dramatic countryside, lots of water, lochs, mountains and very few people. Wild life too,Continue reading “A Way forward”

We are all taught that we have to achieve, that we fail if we are not successful. I am in my seventh decade (shh, don’t tell anyone) and I am only just learning that really isn’t the case. What matters? In my case being authentic, being who I am. For how many years did IContinue reading “What matters”

I have received an email from the Gender Recognition Panel, my application has been listed for hearing. I had begun to wonder when it would be having applied last October and the twenty week listing period having expired some weeks ago. It will take another twenty days to notify me of the outcome This willContinue reading “Gender Recognition Certificate”

I have been reading a book that was recommended to me this week, The Midnight Library by  Matt Haig. Its central theme is one of looking at various possibilities of a life you might have had if you had made different choices based on the only book in the library which you have written, the BookContinue reading “Regrets”

What can anyone say with what is going on in Europe. It totally beggars belief that one man can cause such a humanitarian disaster and such trauma to so many people on his belief that the clock should be turned back to recreate a Soviet bloc, to create a legacy. Basically a one man missionContinue reading “Watch this space”

Since my last post it feels as if everything has changed. What I thought was sabre rattling by President Putin has turned into an invasion of a peaceful democratic country. Sorry not an invasion, it is a special operation. What is really worrying about the current events, apart from the obvious crisis of a physicalContinue reading “A Special Operation”

I have been reflecting on what that means to have a moral compass, in relation to our leaders who seem to have no sense of what that means, but more so about myself. I have always though I had a good sense of morality and a reasonable moral compass yet with reflection, and the benefitContinue reading “Moral compass”

I really feel as if I am surrounded by chaos, it all seems a bit surreal. I do not pretend to be an expert, simply a mature trans woman trying to meander my way through a reasonably straightforward life. I know that I have become much more aware since transitioning, largely because I no longerContinue reading “Chaos”

A friend of mine asked me if I had read a couple of books by Michael Mayne. She has gone away on leave for a week hopefully to recharge her batteries. She had taken one of them away with her to “dip into”. The answer was no, I had not heard of him. As sheContinue reading “The Sunrise of Wonder”

From not wanting to be political, it seems I feel I need to go there again.  The Government for some time has been consulting over the reform of the Gender Recognition Act for both England and Wales as well as Scotland. The consultations were overwhelmingly in favour of reform. The proposed reforms also formed partContinue reading “EHRC”