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...

I’ve mentioned the book “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel Van der Kolk before, about how the body displays outward manifestations of...

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...

I recently was sent an email from Sarah Woodhouse https://sarahwoodhouse.com who is a trauma specialist and psychologist. She was...

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...

Family wise as the children grow up into adults and form their own families, their needs change and the traditions shift, get shuffled...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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!...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It has been a hard week this week. Since being much more aware of my feelings and emotions I have to deal with stuff rather than block it...