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Pain - a learning experience
So following up on from my last post, I finished Zine 7 as planned. I worked really hard at it and sent it off to the printers without...

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Jun 91 min read


Fibromyalgia? A good thing?
I am hard at work at the moment trying to reach a deadline in May. I want to finish Zine 7 before I go away for a few days at the end of...

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May 52 min read


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...

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Dec 20, 20242 min read


Reflections after the visit and other things
Well it actually went very well, the family visit. And I have to give myself a big pat on the back for that because the difference was...

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Aug 31, 20242 min read


Back again
I felt the urge to put a post up, mainly to celebrate that I have finished Zine 6 at last! It has dragged on for ever but yesterday I...

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Jun 16, 20241 min read


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...

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Jan 7, 20242 min read


Being liked
I always find the run up to Christmas challenging but it also gets easier each year. I used to have a melt down every October at the...

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Dec 3, 20232 min read


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...

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Nov 1, 20231 min read


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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May 11, 20231 min read


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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Apr 29, 20232 min read


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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Apr 16, 20233 min read


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...

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Jan 29, 20232 min read


Working on Zine 5
I’m eating the elephant one mouthful at a time….it feels like glacial progress but I have actually got some sort of plan for the entire...

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Dec 12, 20222 min read


Visit from family
I had a visit from a family member over the weekend. It was good to see them and we talked for hours (really, hours). And it wasn’t...

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Dec 5, 20222 min read