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Visit from someone who triggers me
I have written before about a member of my husband’s family who triggers me regarding abuse as a child. (Here) Well would you believe...

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Aug 25, 20222 min read
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Neuro diversity in me and others
I know I have posted a bit before about neuro diversity and since that time I have thought a lot about it, done some reading up, talked...

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Aug 7, 20224 min read
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Trip to London
I got back last night from my course and today am catching up with myself and all my jobs, one of which is writing here. So did I learn...

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Jul 31, 20223 min read
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Hot! Hot! Hot!
Thank goodness the temperature has cooled again! What a couple of days! It was very hot here in Yorkshire, one of the hottest areas of...

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Jul 24, 20222 min read
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Events of last week (part2)
Third event: Attending the comic book fair in Macclesfield, MACC-POW. I had to do this as part of my course, putting my work out there,...

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Jul 14, 20223 min read
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Events of last week (part 1)
What a week it was! By a weird synchronicity, 3 totally unconnected things came together one after another just to make life more...

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Jul 7, 20222 min read
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Rocks
I’m writing this ahead to time as I’ve got a very busy end of week coming up. The last few days have been filled with anxiety. Why did I...

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Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Other people's responses are out of one's hands
A weird thing happened in my Yoga class last night. My teacher came up to me and in front of a few other people said, really intensely,...

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Apr 29, 20223 min read
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Making decisions....hijacked by a migraine
I’m going to attend a small comic book fair in July and need stuff for the table. I will have my zines, business cards and my tea towels...

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Apr 23, 20223 min read
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Illness behaviour and Tea Towels!
I’ve written before about having migraines, well this week I’ve been poorly all week. It has been very useful with Covid around, everyone...

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Apr 8, 20222 min read
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Pride
I’ve been thinking about pride a lot this week. Of course pride can be a good thing but I think I notice about myself that pride is a big...

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Mar 26, 20222 min read
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Being an artist and complex-PTSD
I had a blog post half prepared and then I met up with an artist friend and I thought I would write about that. We always cover a wide...

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Feb 19, 20222 min read
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Giving and Receiving
[Before I get onto the main post, my migraines follow a familiar pattern, the week after I have recurrent minor episodes of nausea and...

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Jan 13, 20223 min read
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Post xmas catch up
Well I tried to post last week but I just couldn’t get on my website, and I was too time pressured to try again. The good news is that I...

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Dec 31, 20211 min read
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Family and Reality
A really ironic thing happened yesterday, my father, from whom I have been estranged for the past 30 years, sent me an email with his...

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Dec 16, 20212 min read
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Report back on Thought Bubble
An interesting table at Thought bubble Well, overall the Thought Bubble experience was a bit of an anticlimax. Firstly, I think because...

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Nov 18, 20212 min read
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Feedback versus Criticism
I have always struggled with feedback / criticism. I have said before on my blog that in an ideal world I would prefer to play a piece...

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Nov 11, 20212 min read
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Excited or anxious?
The cat helping with the printing last week, they find the press so comfy. My mood has been cycling recently round and round in an...

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Nov 5, 20212 min read
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Back again but not getting very far.
It’s been a funny old time, enforced absence from my work, computer broken, fixed, but actually not really working that well…. So I spent...

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Oct 29, 20212 min read
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Working hard
Potential cover for Zine 2, new title, the Big Bang I’m going full tilt with Zine 2 now. It’s taking shape and I might be able to post a...

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Sep 16, 20211 min read
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