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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 29
- 2 min
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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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
- 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
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Pre Christmas busyness
Family wise as the children grow up into adults and form their own families, their needs change and the traditions shift, get shuffled...
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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
- 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
- May 27, 2022
- 1 min
Working on Zine 4
Quite apart from real life problems, I’ve been working on Zine 4 and it has brought up lots of pesky emotions which just get in the way!...
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spillustrate
- May 13, 2022
- 2 min
Still with the health stuff
A weird, full on week, overall. In the last 10 days I have seen 5 different medics for 3 different issues! Having not seen any doctors...
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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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spillustrate
- Mar 10, 2022
- 2 min
Loyalty and confusion and knowing you're right
What do you do when you feel very angry about someone’s behaviour and everyone around you insists that you are the difficult one and they...
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spillustrate
- 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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spillustrate
- 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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