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Nothing stays the same
I feel that I am in a constant state of flux or change. Sometimes I wonder if I am really changing or am I just reading stuff, thinking...

spillustrate
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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Holidays, good or bad, discuss.
It’s been a long time since my last post as I’ve been away, the other side of the world in New Zealand. I’ve had a week of jet lag but am...

spillustrate
Nov 28, 20242 min read
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Epiphanies, revelations, emotions
This week has been a roller coaster of emotions. I have made huge leaps forward, experienced happiness and contentment that I thought...

spillustrate
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Trip away
I never want to go away from my home where I feel so comfortable and safe but one of my offspring FORCED me to go down to London to see...

spillustrate
Jul 11, 20242 min read
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So now a break from zines and back to printing?
I have not been feeling like doing my blog in the last 6 weeks but I’ve recently come back to wanting to do it again. What put me off?...

spillustrate
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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Careful what you wish for!
We lurch from day to day. This week we had a total power cut. So having been complaining about too much noise we were abruptly catapulted...

spillustrate
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Review of last year
I notice that some of the bloggers I follow had done recaps of last year and I thought it was a good idea. I have 3 rather different...

spillustrate
Jan 7, 20242 min read
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A busy time
I’ve fallen a bit behind with my posts. Life got busy for a variety of unrelated reasons, all adding up to me not posting. I think that...

spillustrate
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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Working on cards
I've moved over to spray paints for the time being.

spillustrate
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Working but doing what?
Working in my sketch books. Not much to talk about this week. I’m working on more printing although at the moment I’m not happy with it....

spillustrate
Oct 9, 20231 min read
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Meeting new people, doing new things.
Another very busy weekend. This time I made my way to the Lakeland Comic Festival. The Lake District is very beautiful even in the rain....

spillustrate
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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Busy time, physical and mental.
After a very busy weekend in lots of different random ways, I have needed to be gentle with myself. I have been over in my studio and...

spillustrate
Sep 25, 20232 min read
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A bit more printing
This time, adding a second colour. It’s funny that I spent all week thinking about doing it, putting it off, doing other stuff....then...

spillustrate
Jul 18, 20231 min read
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Music / Art
I am experiencing some similarities between my music and my art. When I first started going to adult education lessons I would find...

spillustrate
Jul 8, 20232 min read
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Cleaning up after printing
I did some more printing this week, trying to ease myself back into it. Last week was using water based inks and this week I went back to...

spillustrate
Jun 17, 20232 min read
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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...

spillustrate
Jun 10, 20232 min read
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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...

spillustrate
Jun 4, 20231 min read
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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...

spillustrate
May 14, 20232 min read
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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...

spillustrate
May 6, 20233 min read
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Working on Zine 5
I’m back at work at Zine 5 now. It is slow progress, slowly whittling away at the pages, putting things together and then fiddling around...

spillustrate
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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