Broken Clay

Starve a Vampire. Donate Blood.

(Just kidding, we don’t mean you.) My place of work seems to have an awful lot of blood drives. Where I hail from, you go to the Red Cross (which is capitalizing on the current vampire craze with the cute “Starve a Vampire. Donate Blood”...

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 5:31 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility

We All Look Alike

I guess life must be pretty calm (read: boring), because all I have these days are gym stories. Toward the end of my workout the other day, a woman who sees me there most every week comes up to me, smiling. “I just saw you in the parking lot,”...

Published Tue, Jun 04 2013 2:39 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

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Disaster Planning and Evacuation

Dave Hingsburger’s article “Leaving ‘the gathering place’” brings up, again, the issue of disaster planning and evacuation for people with disabilities. I’ve written about this before (here, here, here, here , here...

Published Sat, Sep 07 2013 10:27 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Life with a Disability

Through the Catlins to Invercargill

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series 2014 New ZealandThe first leg of our trip around New Zealand’s South Island was a driving the Southern Scenic Route from Dunedin to Invercargill through the Catlins. The Catlins are a sparsely populated coastal...

Published Tue, Jun 10 2014 1:57 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Trip Reports

Te Anau and Milford Sound

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series 2014 New ZealandThe southwest coast of New Zealand’s South Island is called Fiordland. It’s a remote, sparsely populated wonderland of mountains, forests and deep ocean sounds. This part of the trip...

Published Sun, Apr 12 2015 9:23 AM by » brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Trip Reports

Para-rowing at the 2019 World Rowing Indoor Championships

I was hoping to compete at the 2019 World Indoor Rowing Championships this weekend in Long Beach if for no other reason than to get away from winter for a couple of days. Unfortunately I was sick and wasn’t able... Read more Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 24 2019 5:32 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports

In Memory of Scott

In a few weeks, I’m going to Alaska to cruise Glacier Bay on the Sea Wolf. My friend and mentor Scott Rains reported on this cruise in 2008. Scott, who died two years ago, was an untiring apostle of disability... Read more Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2018 12:13 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Travel with a Disability

Invercargill: Tuataras and Indians

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series 2014 New ZealandWhen I first started planning our trip around South Island, Invercargill was just a one night stop between Dunedin and Te Anau. Until my beloved leaned over my shoulder as I was staring at the map...

Published Fri, Jul 25 2014 4:08 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Trip Reports

Spread the Word to End the Word

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Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 10:13 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability

Wheelchairs: The Morality Play

I love it: You keep walking for a few more weeks. Or a month. Or a year. Or for decades. But your walking is not a smooth, confident stride in which you strike your heel to the ground and lift off with your toes. It’s marred with frightful balance and...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 6:11 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability

Taipei – Taipei 101

Taipei 101 is a skyscraper in the Xinyi district of Taipai – it was the world’s tallest building from 2004 until this year (it was, of course, inevitable that something taller would be built). The first 5 floors are shopping mall, very upscale...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 11:36 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: travel

Packing List for Taiwan

Trying to get my ultralight packing mojo back. This list includes both what went into my bag and what I will wear on the plane. Total weight of my bag, packed, is 18 lbs. Luggage Briggs & Riley Deluxe Travel Tote, 10.5 x 16.5 x 11.5 inches, for a...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 4:15 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: travel, _uncategorized

Body Matters

Check out Wheelchair Dancer’s Body Matters and WHEELIE cATHOLIC’s Comments on “Body Matters”. Both are marvelous posts, the first more theoretical, the second more concrete, both awareness-raising and full of “oh, yes!”...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 8:34 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability

2011 Bolder Boulder

Another Memorial Day, which means another Bolder Boulder. The Bolder Boulder 10K isn’t just a race; it’s practically in its own time zone. It’s the third largest 10K in the US, with approximately 50,000 runners. It’s also one of...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 12:23 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports, disability

91-year-old bodybuilder

From the Guardian, via Krista at Stumptous: I am a 91-year-old bodybuilder: I stopped thinking about dying. As I approached 90, my focus was on getting my body back. In 2008, I signed up for my first championship. Read More...

Published Sun, Apr 03 2011 1:08 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports

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Starve a Vampire. Donate Blood.

We All Look Alike

Disaster Planning and Evacuation

Through the Catlins to Invercargill

Te Anau and Milford Sound

Para-rowing at the 2019 World Rowing Indoor Championships

In Memory of Scott

Invercargill: Tuataras and Indians

Spread the Word to End the Word

Wheelchairs: The Morality Play

Taipei – Taipei 101

Packing List for Taiwan

Body Matters

2011 Bolder Boulder

91-year-old bodybuilder