Lorna Duff-Howie
@lornadh.bsky.social
Writer. Wheelchair-user with Cerebral Palsy, coffee, and books. My kid thinks I'm funny, sometimes.
Paused blog at https://ginlemonade.com and book in progress.
Paused blog at https://ginlemonade.com and book in progress.
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Lorna Duff-Howie
@lornadh.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Re-intro, kinda. I'm Lorna, a disabled writer who grew up in New York and Scotland. Where I'm from depends on the day. Drafting a memoir about all that. Love @penquan.bsky.social and our kid. Fuelled by coffee, books, notebooks, and 80s nostalgia. My accent is weird. Ice coffee for all seasons. Hi.
It's my birthday today and these are the books I read in March! Will probably finish another today, but please suggest more books for me to read!
#BookSky
#BookSky
March 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's my birthday today and these are the books I read in March! Will probably finish another today, but please suggest more books for me to read!
#BookSky
#BookSky
Bringing out stuff to someone who can't access your store doesn't make you accessible. Also, if all businesses could have access statements on your website, I'd know if I can/I'd want to spend money when I get there.
March 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Bringing out stuff to someone who can't access your store doesn't make you accessible. Also, if all businesses could have access statements on your website, I'd know if I can/I'd want to spend money when I get there.
Going to a coffeeshop and seeing someone else working on their book doesn't count as a writing session for you. I checked.
March 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Going to a coffeeshop and seeing someone else working on their book doesn't count as a writing session for you. I checked.
Thank you to my 436 followers plus my husband.
March 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thank you to my 436 followers plus my husband.
When you need to reach for something and your grabber's on the floor, write some words...
#DisabilitySky
#DisabilitySky
March 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you need to reach for something and your grabber's on the floor, write some words...
#DisabilitySky
#DisabilitySky
Last: Three Days In June, Anne Tyler
Now: That Librarian, Amanda Jones
Next: The Inheritance, Trisha Sakhlecha
💙📚
Now: That Librarian, Amanda Jones
Next: The Inheritance, Trisha Sakhlecha
💙📚
March 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Last: Three Days In June, Anne Tyler
Now: That Librarian, Amanda Jones
Next: The Inheritance, Trisha Sakhlecha
💙📚
Now: That Librarian, Amanda Jones
Next: The Inheritance, Trisha Sakhlecha
💙📚
March 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Missed a few days, but I'll always post about books. #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
18/20
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
#BookSky
18/20
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
March 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Missed a few days, but I'll always post about books. #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
18/20
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
#BookSky
18/20
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
Book mail (and letters from old friends) is the best mail.
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Book mail (and letters from old friends) is the best mail.
As I sat in the hallway of my kid's school today, I'm grateful she's a theatre kid and hasn't asked to bring a musical intrument home.
March 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As I sat in the hallway of my kid's school today, I'm grateful she's a theatre kid and hasn't asked to bring a musical intrument home.
Just wrote four pages for a meeting at my kid's school. Need to stack like that for my book.
March 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just wrote four pages for a meeting at my kid's school. Need to stack like that for my book.
March is #CerebralPalsyAwarenessMonth. Very aware, thank you 💚
March 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
March is #CerebralPalsyAwarenessMonth. Very aware, thank you 💚
Reposted by Lorna Duff-Howie
Went to IKEA for a side-table. Left with 4 candles, 3 plushies, 2 cushions, 1 shelf, 1 art model, and 0 tables.
March 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Went to IKEA for a side-table. Left with 4 candles, 3 plushies, 2 cushions, 1 shelf, 1 art model, and 0 tables.
‘Mum, I liked that stranger who called you ‘the lady’ instead of ‘the wheelchair.’
‘Yeah, me too.’
Ableists, our families (and your families) hear the words you use.
‘Yeah, me too.’
Ableists, our families (and your families) hear the words you use.
March 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
‘Mum, I liked that stranger who called you ‘the lady’ instead of ‘the wheelchair.’
‘Yeah, me too.’
Ableists, our families (and your families) hear the words you use.
‘Yeah, me too.’
Ableists, our families (and your families) hear the words you use.
Missed a few days, but I'll always post about books. #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
17/20
Harriet The Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
#BookSky
17/20
Harriet The Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
February 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Missed a few days, but I'll always post about books. #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
17/20
Harriet The Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
#BookSky
17/20
Harriet The Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
Writing and typing ground me in different ways. Sometimes, I need to write and sometimes I need to type. Today is a No. 2 pencil day.
February 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Writing and typing ground me in different ways. Sometimes, I need to write and sometimes I need to type. Today is a No. 2 pencil day.
Everything: Take a walk and clear your mind.
Me, a wheelchair-user: I will not and I like clutter.
Me, a wheelchair-user: I will not and I like clutter.
February 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Everything: Take a walk and clear your mind.
Me, a wheelchair-user: I will not and I like clutter.
Me, a wheelchair-user: I will not and I like clutter.
Out today and the kid saw a wheelchair sign.
♿️
‘Why’s the wheelchair-user sitting on the moon?’ She asked.
‘It’s stylistic,’ I said. ‘If they put a real one like mine up there, it would be too much paint or tape or money.’
♿️
‘Why’s the wheelchair-user sitting on the moon?’ She asked.
‘It’s stylistic,’ I said. ‘If they put a real one like mine up there, it would be too much paint or tape or money.’
February 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Out today and the kid saw a wheelchair sign.
♿️
‘Why’s the wheelchair-user sitting on the moon?’ She asked.
‘It’s stylistic,’ I said. ‘If they put a real one like mine up there, it would be too much paint or tape or money.’
♿️
‘Why’s the wheelchair-user sitting on the moon?’ She asked.
‘It’s stylistic,’ I said. ‘If they put a real one like mine up there, it would be too much paint or tape or money.’
Reposted by Lorna Duff-Howie
If you're looking for companies to boycott and/or yell at, these are good ones. Just straight up evil.
American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, United, & their lobbying org Airlines for America petitioned the Fifth Circuit to invalidate a rule on accommodating disabled passengers, including those in wheelchairs.
Think about that the next time you fly one of these airlines.
www.scribd.com/document/829...
Think about that the next time you fly one of these airlines.
www.scribd.com/document/829...
Airlines for America v. TRAN Agency | PDF | Wheelchair | Federal Aviation Administration
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Jetblue Airways, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines joined Airlines for America in petitioning the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a rule imposing s...
www.scribd.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you're looking for companies to boycott and/or yell at, these are good ones. Just straight up evil.
Reposted by Lorna Duff-Howie
If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.
February 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.
Missed a day, but I’ll add it. I should probably do the #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
16/20
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
#BookSky
16/20
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
February 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Missed a day, but I’ll add it. I should probably do the #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
16/20
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
#BookSky
16/20
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
I should probably do the #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
15/20
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
#BookSky
15/20
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
February 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I should probably do the #20DayBookChallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
15/20
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
#BookSky
15/20
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
The Kid went to her Drama group as her British-Australian cousin Clarissa. She doesn't have a cousin Clarissa. And I'm a good person because when she presented me with her idea I stopped myself from saying, 'You don't have a cousin Paddy.'
February 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Kid went to her Drama group as her British-Australian cousin Clarissa. She doesn't have a cousin Clarissa. And I'm a good person because when she presented me with her idea I stopped myself from saying, 'You don't have a cousin Paddy.'
Hi, my name is Lorna. Sometimes, I flip numbers and it makes life interesting.
February 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hi, my name is Lorna. Sometimes, I flip numbers and it makes life interesting.