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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


Learning through challenges
I am getting ready for a challenging visit from a particular family. I have been through all the usual bouts of anxieties and paranoia....

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Aug 23, 20241 min read


Just being an ordinary person,
with quite a lot of the answers worked out, but not all of them, and that’s ok. I have now had over a week of a huge step forward. I’m...

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Aug 9, 20241 min read


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...

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Aug 2, 20242 min read


Fear
I’ve been reading a couple of interesting books on fear. Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Embracing Fear by Thom Rutledge. I was looking...

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Jul 25, 20242 min read


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...

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Jul 11, 20242 min read


What else is new?
So other changes? Six months ago, having had to stop HRT for an operation, after the op I thought I would try a reduction in dose of the...

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Jul 1, 20242 min read


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?...

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Jun 24, 20241 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


Everything in flux
I’ve not done a post for quite a while. Life gets busy and I have not had much time physically in my studio. I need to get on with my...

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Apr 29, 20241 min read


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...

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Mar 21, 20241 min read


Total chaos and I brought it all on myself
Everything is upside down in our house this week. We are making changes to our kitchen and we are now one week in. Only 5 weeks to...

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Mar 12, 20242 min read


It's all in the head or on the head?
(I meant to post this last week but got caught up in other stuff and forgot, better late than never) It makes me laugh that I happily...

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Mar 5, 20243 min read


Quick sand avoided
Last weekend was an intense family visit, full on. And do you know what, I didn’t do badly! Actually as a team, my husband and I did ok...

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Feb 23, 20242 min read


Birthdays, good or bad?
So Pema also says......LOl, I’m quoting her left, right and centre at the moment!! But she is very helpful!! As my readers may or may not...

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Feb 13, 20243 min read


Medical stuff and demons
Pema also says that we should use the chaos and difficult times as the best way to approach enlightenment . The weekend before last was a...

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Feb 5, 20243 min read


Shifting and changing
I always want to start my posts by saying “well what a funny old week”, so obviously EVERY week is a funny old week. According to Pema...

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Jan 22, 20242 min read


Unexpected health stuff
I always think I’m going to write about one thing and then other things get in the way. Over christmas I had a random health thing crop...

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Jan 14, 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


Notes on Xmas
So how has this year gone?(I need to reread this in the run up next year.) I think I was RELATIVELY peaceful in the run up. I remember...

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Jan 2, 20242 min read