The Seated View

I love my Loopy Case . It has solves a many of the problems I have in using smart phones, problems related to my rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and disability. Because of lifelong RA, I can’t hold a smart phone — it’s just too wide for my grip. Not to mention that I don’t actually have much of a grip, what with my fingers being mostly fused straight. And then there is the rest of my upper body, which makes it near impossible to hold anything to my ear. And so on. When I first got a smart phone several years ago, I bought a case with a cover and it worked fairly well. There were still a lot of things I couldn’t do and one I did remarkably well. Dropping the thing. Phones are slippery. After my medical adventure last year, I had an additional problem. I came out of the ICU with damage around my ulnar nerves causing numbness and tingling in my hands and fingers . The one on the left is still especially sensitive and holding the phone case required turning my lower...

I have a teensy obsession with office supplies. Staples is my Nirvana — I go there when I’m stressed out and wander the aisles looking at all the wonderful items, all that potential for creating order out of chaos. Folders, files, envelopes, pens, highlighters… And then I arrive at the aisle that contains calendars and notebooks and very determinedly pass it by. If I don’t, I will leave the store with a yet another notebook that I may use, or more likely, will keep around for a day in that mythical future when it will be just the thing to unleash my creativity, and safeguard my dreams. Because you can never have too many notebooks. Calendars have always been another favourite, and it’s taken me years to find the perfect one. Something that has a double-page monthly overview, yet individual pages for each day to list appointments, notes from meetings, ideas, grocery lists, and so on. I used the Brownline Coilpro" (CB634C.BLK-16) for several years, but the more...