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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jan 29
- 2 min
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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spillustrate
- Jan 20
- 2 min
Box Fit
The big clear out makes me think about getting rid of stuff in general. I like Marie Kondo’s ideas and in the past read a book on Swedish...
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spillustrate
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Still trying to catch up with topics...
Firstly, COVID. Yes I’m still below par, but slowly improving. I had a “boom and bust” last week where I did my usual exercise classes...
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spillustrate
- Sep 22, 2022
- 2 min
Anxiety when good things happen
So we were successful with our bids for the piano! We visited it and I played it, tried lots of others too. My piano tuner had told me I...
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spillustrate
- Sep 3, 2022
- 3 min
Weird week of ups and downs
Self awarded rosettes for my hospital visit I think this week I shall give you a rundown of the various bits and pieces. And of course,...
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spillustrate
- Aug 25, 2022
- 2 min
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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spillustrate
- Aug 21, 2022
- 2 min
Big news!
Big news for me at least, I’ve sent Zine 4 to the printers ready to be printed off! I knew there was only a tiny bit of tweaking to do, I...
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spillustrate
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
Signed up for a course!
I posted a few weeks ago about what I might do in the future and then an email dropped into my account with a newsletter from LDComics....
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spillustrate
- Apr 14, 2022
- 1 min
Landmark moment
I’m really winding things up this end, so nearly at the finishing posts for my course… I’ve just sent the final copies of Zines 1, 2 and...
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spillustrate
- Mar 18, 2022
- 2 min
Loneliness
A follow up to last week is that I had to put a ban on myself getting fixated on an issue which I had no control over, no say in and...
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- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
A good book on Emotional Neglect
I’m going to add a book list to my blog as I’ve been reading a new book that has been really helpful. I’ve struggled to find books that...
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- Feb 27, 2022
- 2 min
Family Visit
often dread people coming to visit. I’m such an extreme introvert that it is a struggle having people invade my safe space with their...
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spillustrate
- Feb 19, 2022
- 2 min
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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spillustrate
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Working on Hyper Vigilance
I’ve been reading a really good book recently. “The body keeps the score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of Trauma” by Bessel...
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