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kindjourneys.bsky.social
Merry Hadaway
@kindjourneys.bsky.social
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Queer, trans, disabled singer, fanboy, and frustrated outdoorsman. Living by the sea in a lovely Scottish town. He/him.

Blocking bigots is good self-care.
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A film that takes where you're from.

(Nearby here, anyway!)
Helena Bonham-Carter as Ophelia and Sir Ian Holm as Polonius in the 1990 film of "Hamlet", on location quite near me. Alas, Mel fucking Gibson played the title role but the rest of the course were, as this illustrates, extremely good.
April 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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#TinyJoys Made it to the library, weather was *astonishingly* lovely, so @eithin.bsky.social and I went and sat on the beach for a bit. I managed to get my hands in the sea and do a tiny bit of yoga by it. ;-)

Also the library human was particularly lovely. :)
A trans man in his 40s, wearing a blue plaid shirt, a blue tank top, and green walking trousers, sits on a shingle beach. He has short salt-and-pepper hair and glasses, and is squinting slightly into the camera. He rests his left cheek against his hand, and his left elbow on his leg. In the distance is a blue sea, and some greener land behind. It is sunny.
March 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Proof that I actually got outside yesterday. ;-) Note the beautiful LGBTreeQ+ pin by @canopyrobin!
A head-and-shoulders selfie of a middle-aged white trans masc person, with shortish salt-and-pepper hair, dark brows, brown eyes, a very small nose, and a slight smile. He is sitting on a bus. He is wearing a pale grey hoodie under a dark green wax jacket, and on the collar of the latter is a beautiful tree-shaped pin with Pride colours on it, inc. the trunk being the colours of the trans flag. :)
February 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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#TinyJoys the mental health app Finch, which has been helping me for well over a year now.

And in particular today the outfit I put together earlier for Bergil, my "birb". My queer, rather flowery trans masc self would absolutely wear this. :D
A phone screencap from the app Finch, showing a cute cartoon bird (Bergil) who has green and blue colouring. They are wearing a flower crown, green-lensed sunglasses, a blue masc tank-top with checks and little white hearts on, dark green bell-bottoms, pale green boots, and a dark blue soft bow-tie. They have blue and pink fairy wings, and they are holding the Progress Pride flag. Next to them is their pet, a baby pink frog with a purple mask. In the background is a cartoony illustration of Edinburgh.
February 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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MADE IT OUTSIDE ZOMG.

@eithin.bsky.social wheeled me to a point conveniently near the Co-op and I sat and admired the waves/froze/carried on rereading a @kjcharleswriter.com novel while they shopped.

Am now curled up in bed and warming up but it was so so damn good to get some sea air again. <3
The North Sea at Stonehaven beach. A shingle beach with the sea showing light, complex waves. The sky a mixture of cloud and blue. In the foreground, the photographer's feet in dark blue, scruffy boots.
February 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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January 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Back from solo beach excursion! Now going to rest lots, obviously, but neck pain and mental health stuff much better. :+) Sat on the shingle and read until the rain started. ;-)
Selfie of me (white trans man in mid 40s with short salt-and-pepper hair) wearing glasses, dark green wax jacket. My hair is vertical in the wind, and you can see a shingle beach and sea and coastline behind me.
July 8, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Really bad anxiety and depression and fatigue day today; have still voted. :)
Me ( a middle-aged white trans man with fluffy short salt-and-pepper hair, wearing glasses, a pinstripe face mask, and a dark green wax jacket) sitting in my wheelchair outside a polling station where I have just voted. I am smiling, as you can see from the eye crinkles. :)
July 4, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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At the Waterfront Café, awaiting decaf. The sea is almost vanished in the haar but it's all gorgeous. Sparrow and pied wagtail nearby (and gulls, natch). #TinyJoys
A selfie of me, a white masc person in my mid-40s with short salt-and-pepper hair, wearing a plaid shirt and a dark green wax jacket with plaid lining.
June 26, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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Still absolutely delighted (and getting thorough gender happiness) from my new haircut courtesy of @eithin.bsky.social the other day. Took this selfie the following day. #TinyJoys
A selfie of me (mid-40s, white, short dark-brown-and-silver hair, wearing a black t-shirt), sitting in bed and smiling.
June 19, 2024 at 2:03 PM