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spillustrate
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min
Slow, slow, slow
This week I have been rejigging my studio around to start printing in it (I used to print in our basement before but the cats made it...
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spillustrate
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
Back to printing
So let’s have a break from my internal world for a bit and go back to printing! Plans, getting ready. First I’m still needing to set up...
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spillustrate
- May 27
- 2 min
And it's official
Now I am officially neurodiverse! Masked autistic traits with some ADHD. I bloody knew it! My therapist threw the word “neurodiverse”...
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spillustrate
- May 21
- 2 min
Ok, I'm getting good and messy with the printing
So I had a good day starting to get stuck in. Just getting my hands dirty again. And in a huge life parallel, there is so much internal...
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spillustrate
- May 14
- 2 min
Printing! I'm meant to be printing!
As always, life takes over what we think we should be doing. I meant to really embark on hand printing but instead got led down other...
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spillustrate
- May 11
- 1 min
Zine 5 hits the comic book shop!
Here it is on the shelves of Destination Venus, an independent comic book shop in Harrogate, located on the ground floor of Everyman...
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spillustrate
- May 6
- 3 min
Migraines and yoga
A week ago I woke up feeling fine, had a quick walk to the shop which was lovely, fresh and peaceful, the birds singing, which was lovely...
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spillustrate
- Apr 29
- 2 min
A celebration but also goodbye
So as I finish my zine on my Dad, I thought I would include some pictures of me and my Dad when I was little. Here he is cuddling me in...
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spillustrate
- Apr 23
- 2 min
The latest crisis, but it’s not me this time.
One of the insights I picked up in therapy is that stuff I can get really wound up about is often not originating from myself. So an...
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spillustrate
- Apr 16
- 3 min
The body keeps the score
I’ve mentioned the book “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel Van der Kolk before, about how the body displays outward manifestations of...
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spillustrate
- Apr 9
- 1 min
Update on Zine 5
Before we get to onto the Zine, I had my first proper cello lesson. My husband was away with the car so I had to make my own way there...
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spillustrate
- Apr 2
- 2 min
Cello and horses
Busy old week with two very different enterprises. So a few weeks ago I had mentioned my continuing preoccupation about the cello. The...
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spillustrate
- Mar 26
- 1 min
Breathing and therapy catch up
’ve just got back from being away. I always struggle with going on holiday and as usual I struggled in the weeks beforehand. Anyway, I...
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spillustrate
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Neuro diversity and creativity
There has been lots of stuff recently about ADHD and I find that if I ever mention it, people often make the rejoinder “ oh that’s really...
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spillustrate
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Rewiring faulty circuits
I recently was sent an email from Sarah Woodhouse https://sarahwoodhouse.com who is a trauma specialist and psychologist. She was...
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spillustrate
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Cello or no cello, that is the question
The weeks zoom round so quickly and I am thinking about another blog post. Another very different family visit. A lunch with a cousin...
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spillustrate
- Feb 26
- 2 min
Me agonising around stuff turns out to be a waste of time
I have already written one post for this week but events keep changing and I keep adding and rewriting and so now I’m starting again with...
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spillustrate
- Feb 18
- 3 min
Boxing Lessons
I’ve had some uncomfortable but interesting lessons from boxing. I always examine everything (too much in a lot of people’s viewpoint,...
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spillustrate
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Having the opposite reaction to good things.
It’s that time of year again, my second worst day after Xmas, birthday time! Sometimes I find just being me is so....tiresome! I’d like...
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spillustrate
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Food Issues?
So on a different topic this week, “ healthy eating”. Have I mentioned before that I think I have “ food issues” . I turn the thought...
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