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Mother of all migraines and my favourite work so far.
I am just recovering from the most severe migraine I’ve had for a while. Hmmm, just after I produced my favourite series of drawings that...
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Sep 21, 20242 min read
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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...
spillustrate
Mar 12, 20242 min read
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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
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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...
spillustrate
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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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...
spillustrate
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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Being liked
I always find the run up to Christmas challenging but it also gets easier each year. I used to have a melt down every October at the...
spillustrate
Dec 3, 20232 min read
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Family weekend and not blogging
I’ve found it a struggle to blog recently, maybe I need to unpick that a bit, not necessarily this post. One thing I do know, I...
spillustrate
Nov 17, 20233 min read
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Meeting new people, doing new things.
Another very busy weekend. This time I made my way to the Lakeland Comic Festival. The Lake District is very beautiful even in the rain....
spillustrate
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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Busy time, physical and mental.
After a very busy weekend in lots of different random ways, I have needed to be gentle with myself. I have been over in my studio and...
spillustrate
Sep 25, 20232 min read
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Out of action
I might write another post quite soon but this weekend I have had a big migraine. Or, as I like to reformulate it, “ a strong need for a...
spillustrate
Sep 17, 20231 min read
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Talk the talk or Walk the Walk
So I’m now relaxing after our family visit. Overall I think it went well. After “outing” myself as neurodiverse we had our first full on...
spillustrate
Aug 28, 20232 min read
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Migraines or recovery time?
A quiet week. I needed to go slow after my stressful weekend. As I expected I had a migrainous episode after the group cello thing (which...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
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And it's official
Now I am officially neurodiverse! Masked autistic traits with some ADHD. I bloody knew it! My therapist threw the word “neurodiverse”...
spillustrate
May 27, 20232 min read
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Migraines and yoga
A week ago I woke up feeling fine, had a quick walk to the shop which was lovely, fresh and peaceful, the birds singing, which was lovely...
spillustrate
May 6, 20233 min read
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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...
spillustrate
Apr 16, 20233 min read
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Me agonising around stuff turns out to be a waste of time
I have already written one post for this week but events keep changing and I keep adding and rewriting and so now I’m starting again with...
spillustrate
Feb 26, 20232 min read
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Six weeks in and still below par
So last week was a bit hit and miss with more misses than hits. Sad face emoji. Not helped by various things happening at home (my...
spillustrate
Nov 11, 20222 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...
spillustrate
Apr 23, 20223 min read
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