# Miles Posts

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The website of Alan Miles - Storyteller

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## Posts

- [The Diagnosis](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/the-dementia-diagnosis/): Bad news - it's a dementia diagnosis. But who for?
- [Marriage](https://milesposts.com/foreign-aide/marriage/): As war breaks out in Lebanon there are signs of cracks in this expat couple's marriage | a novel about the breakdown of a marriage and a country | Alan Miles
- [River](https://milesposts.com/blog/river/): A dangerous river adventure in Lebanon in Bulgarian tractor tyres — a whitewater rafting experience | from a novel about Mid-East conflict | Alan Miles
- [Skirmishes](https://milesposts.com/blog/skirmishes/): Our narrator ducks out of conflict in his marriage, and doesn't know how to deal with conflict in the Lebanese classroom | a psychological thriller | Alan Miles
- [Cancer](https://milesposts.com/blog/cancer/): In Beirut, war is a cancer. Small symptoms at first, then slowly consuming the whole city | a novel set in the first months of Lebanon's civil war | Alan Miles
- [Militia](https://milesposts.com/blog/militia/): For the first time, our friends come face-to-face with a Lebanese Christian militia group. Danger threatens | a novel about Middle East conflict | Alan Miles
- [Rooster](https://milesposts.com/foreign-aide/rooster/): A British couple meet an American journalist and his beguiling girlfriend — there's magic in pre-war Beirut | A novel about Middle East conflict | Alan Miles
- [Question](https://milesposts.com/foreign-aide/question/): What is nationality? Something we're born with or something we can claim? | Novel about Middle East conflict | Alan Miles
- [My Computer Flies](https://milesposts.com/blog/my-computer-flies/): An indie author experiments with dialogue style and book formatting for digital novels — and finds that they give print books a lift too.
- [Better dementia care: Huwa-Hiya-Boo-Baa](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/better-dementia-care-techniques-huwa-hiya-boo-baa/): As dementia began to take away Lena's language and her interests began to fade, how would I keep her engaged? A little friend came to the rescue.
- [The Hungry Bin](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/the-hungry-bin/): When I go along with Lena's version of reality instead of rejecting it, she's instantly happier. Using the techniques of Improv for better dementia care.
- [Scenes from a war](https://milesposts.com/blog/scenes-from-a-war/): Scenes from a war. During a ceasefire, a tour of the Beirut battlefields is a terrifying experience | from a novel set in the Lebanese civil war | Alan Miles
- [Explosion](https://milesposts.com/foreign-aide/explosion/): As news comes in of a mass shooting in the Beirut suburbs, there's an explosion in the apartment | A novel about Middle East conflict | Alan Miles
- [Destination Beirut](https://milesposts.com/blog/destination-beirut/): Arriving in Beirut just as civil war broke out | Background to psychological thriller novel set in the Middle East | Alan Miles
- [Better than Ronaldo?](https://milesposts.com/blog/good-night-thoughts/): Sweet thoughts from a grandson. Grief affects us all — in different ways.
- [Through the Looking-Glass](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/through-the-looking-glass-a-dementia-story/): As a carer, you always have to be on the look-out for dementia dangers - even in the home.
- [Wiggling on Windermere](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/wiggling-on-windermere-a-dementia-story/): Dementia doesn't necessarily mean the end of adventure. This short story recaptures a memorable day.
- [Sharing the present](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/sharing-the-present-with-my-dementia-partner/): Dementia made it difficult to share the past with Lena. But sharing the present was still precious.
- [Leaving Me and the Truth Behind](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/leaving-me-and-the-truth-behind/): The story my dementia partner's telling isn't true. Should I insist on my version of reality?
- [Being Normal](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/being-normal-a-dementia-story/): With dementia, the one thing you want to forget is that you have dementia.
- [Coming Out](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/coming-out-on-dementia/): It's hard to tell friends about a partner's dementia diagnosis — this is how I went public.
- [GOING WELL (Intro Part 3)](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/going-well-intro-part-3/): Settling in nicely in the first half of the marathon. Opening Part 3 of 'The Marathon Years'. In the next chapters I'm going well as a dementia caregiver too.
- [Taking the Plunge](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/taking-the-plunge-joining-the-dementia-community/): There's excitement in the air, as our stories of love and dementia both take a new twist. — am I finally ready to join the dementia community?
- [Running from the Truth](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/running-from-the-truth/): If your Truth differs from mine, is it worth fighting about? What can dementia teach us?
- [The Less Visible Man](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/the-less-visible-man-a-weight-loss-story/): The man Lena's looking for seems to have gone missing. Should we call out the detectives - or is it a dementia thing?
- [The Benefits of Exercise](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/the-benefits-of-exercise/): Lena signs up for a research programme involving moderate physical exercise for dementia patients. Will it help her — and me?
- [First Encounters](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/first-encounters/): So where did Lena first meet Alan? Truth matters in the mental health clinic.
- [Learning the Ropes](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/learning-the-ropes/): People think Alan's a care natural. How little they know!
- [The Queen of Christmas](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/the-queen-of-swedish-christmas/): December was always a wonderful month, with all the Swedish traditions Lena taught us.
- [THE FIRST MILES (Intro Part 2)](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/the-first-miles/): Going too fast as the marathon starts. Opening Part 2 of the book.
- [Cream and Marshmallows](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/cream-and-marshmallows/): That dementia diagnosis. Perhaps not a death sentence but a life challenge.
- [Directions](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/dementia-symptoms-losing-sense-of-direction/): Our story of a decade defying dementia. Lena outwits the Saudi religious police. Alan plays a cruel trick.
- [Freedom](https://milesposts.com/blog/freedom/): How will I use my new freedom? Will I make it back to a place in the sun?
- [Running for St Ann's Hospice](https://milesposts.com/blog/running-for-st-anns-hospice/): Getting ready for May 18th — my first big race since 2017. But it's not been easy.
- [A Perfect Model](https://milesposts.com/blog/a-perfect-model/): Portraiture and poetry combine in this 2012 collaboration between Dale Webster and Alan Miles, who met up again this week
- [Late for her own funeral](https://milesposts.com/blog/late-for-her-own-funeral/): No funeral, we said. A celebration of Lena's life. But she almost doesn't make it.
- [Preface to 'The Marathon Years'](https://milesposts.com/blog/preface-to-the-marathon-years/): Why this book? Why the title? And who are these people in love?
- [THE START-LINE (Intro Part 1)](https://milesposts.com/marathon-years/1-start-line/): 4 years earlier a devastating medical diagnosis stung Alan into action. Now, in his late 60s, he was representing his country for the first time - in a marathon

## Pages

- [Home](https://milesposts.com/): Announcing 2 books scheduled for 2026 publication ... read early chapters, and join my Advance Readers team.
- [Bookstore](https://milesposts.com/bookstore/): The place where you can show your support for author Alan Miles by buying his books directly from his website.
- [The Marathon Years: Chapter Index](https://milesposts.com/the-marathon-years-chapter-index/): The Marathon Years A decade defying dementia. A love story. Chapter Index THE START-LINE (Intro Part 1) In his late 60s, Alan is representing his country for the first time – in a marathon. Opens Part 1 of The Marathon Years. Read More » The Diagnosis Bad news — it’s a dementia diagnosis. But who
- [The Foreign Aide: Chapter Index](https://milesposts.com/the-foreign-aide-chapter-index/): The Foreign Aide A psychological thriller set in 1970s Beirut PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY IN THE MILES POSTS BOOKSTORE.Available in four editions: eBook, paperback, hardback, and audiobook. Read the opening chapters Question Scene-setting. What does ‘nationality’ really mean? Are you born with it, or can it be claimed? Would you fight for your country? Read
- [Sales Outlets - The Foreign Aide](https://milesposts.com/sales-outlets-the-foreign-aide/): All the sales outlets that stock Alan Miles' novel, The Foreign Aide. Available as an ebook or in print, with paperback and hardback versions.
- [Bookstore -- Copy](https://milesposts.com/bookstore-copy/): The Bookstore Support my writing by buying my books directly from the website. The Foreign Aide “Brimming with magic and mystery.”“One of the best choices available to put on a Kindle.”“A great read for anyone who enjoys a fast-paced yet nuanced story of shattered relationships in an absorbing foreign setting of historical importance.”That’s how reviewers
- [Contact](https://milesposts.com/contact/): Social media and newsletter sites for Alan Miles. And a form for direct messages.
- [Bookstore - original](https://milesposts.com/bookstore-original/): All about the Miles Posts bookstore
- [Advance Reader Copy (ARC) Guidelines](https://milesposts.com/advance-reader-copy-arc-guidelines/): What do I expect from my Advance Reader Copy team-members? What should they expect from me?
- [About Us](https://milesposts.com/about-us/): Who's behind the site? The writer and the inspiration.
- [Blog index](https://milesposts.com/blog-index/): Extra Miles The Blog Recent Updates Destination Beirut 1974 – A career opportunity for me in Beirut. But as it turned out, Beirut was not in France, but the Middle East. And we arrived just in time for a civil war. Read More » Scenes from a war During a ceasefire in the war, Lawrence
- [Privacy Policy](https://milesposts.com/privacy-policy-2/): Safeguarding Your Privacy As a consumer, there’s nothing I hate more than signing up for a website or a newsletter, and then finding that I’m bombarded with offers I don’t want to see from people I’ve never heard of. My undertaking to my readers, is that I will do everything in my power to prevent
- [Home previous](https://milesposts.com/home-previous/): The website of Alan Miles, social care activist, dementia carer, writer, runner.
- [Writing](https://milesposts.com/writing/): Other Writing — Unlimited Miles I’ve spent most of my adult life trying not to be a one-trick pony — and that applies to my writing too. So here are a few examples of my work that have nothing to do with dementia or adult social care reform. More to follow. Short Stories As a
- [Gray Days In Vegas](https://milesposts.com/gray-plays-vegas/): Gray Plays Vegas a short story from Alan Miles First published 2010 as ‘Waiting for Orders’Republished in this version 2025 This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 . This Creative Commons licence means that you are welcome to share Gray Plays Vegas with others, in whole or in part. You may also remix, adapt
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- [The Care Combine](https://milesposts.com/the-care-combine/): The Care Combine We're better together From the beginning ... The Care Combine is a community initiative designed to benefit dementia patients, their carers and other worried family-members, our overstretched health providers, and ultimately, the nation.In this series of articles, I’ll explain first why The Care Combine is important, then how it will work, and
- [Thanks for subscribing](https://milesposts.com/thanks-for-subscribing/): Thanks for Subscribing So now every Tuesday watch out for a newsletter emailed from Miles Posts. If you see nothing arriving, just check your spam folder to make sure our newsletter hasn’t been misdirected there.If you’re new to the website and want to get up to speed with the story so far, use the menu
- [Our Guestbook](https://milesposts.com/our-guestbook/): A place for friends to add their own Lena memories or tributes as a permanent memorial
- [Newsfeed](https://milesposts.com/newsfeed/): My Newsfeed An experiment I’m testing out Bluesky — a Twitter/X alternative — to tell friends what’s going on in my life right now. I’m told that Bluesky is a quieter place to chat with friends — without people bursting into the room shouting at us and telling us how we’re supposed to think, or
- [Running (for my life)](https://milesposts.com/running-for-my-life/): Running (for my life) In 2014, about a year after Lena was diagnosed with dementia, I decided to start running. Back in my schooldays, I’d been a pretty decent county-level runner — but the 40-year break had left me 40 lbs overweight and maxing out after 40 seconds of jogging. It wasn’t that I actually
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## Categories

- [Blog](https://milesposts.com/category/blog/): Alan Miles blog
- [Marathon Years](https://milesposts.com/category/marathon-years/): Memoir: a decade of dementia care
- [Foreign Aide](https://milesposts.com/category/foreign-aide/): Lebanese Civil War novel

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