Grief ebbs and flows and the further you get away from it the more unexpectedly it strikes. My Gramps died three years ago this month. One of the biggest influences in my life, on me. One of the biggest holes in my life. I have his picture in my office and I keep his pipe …
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All through January I was taking part in the #MakeDontBreak challenge that got me doing a little bit of something every day – sketching and water colour, some painting with acrylics, knitting, and the piecing of my first ever quilt top. There were days when I knit a couple of rows just to get it …
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In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
February 3rd, 2021 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights)
“What vision do I hold that gets me excited about what’s possible?” This was a prompt as part of #MakeDontBreak that caught me. Stopped me reading. What vision do I hold that gets me excited about what’s possible? Generally I consider myself a pessimist and a cynic, but when I think about the work I …
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Quirk Quark Quack
January 14th, 2021 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Quirk Quark Quack)
I’m doing this creating challenge through January to encourage myself to get my hands dirty a little more often, and today’s prompt was “What does belonging mean to you?” So while I was doing my morning pages – another habit I’m trying to get in to – I started thinking about that. What does it …
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I have been trying to dive into my creativity. I need it – it’s an anti-depressant for me. When I get into it I can lose myself, lose time. I want to say that I was very creative as a kid – I remember trips to Wallack’s, painting, sketching, lots of writing – but at …
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Changing circumstances
December 23rd, 2020 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Changing circumstances)
I was scrolling through Instagram and saw a post about a contest and part of each entry was choosing a word that will define your 2021, and I realized that’s a thing I usually do for the new year – even if I still can’t believing it’s approaching so quickly. I also realized that I …
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And so we shall
December 23rd, 2020 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on And so we shall)
It feels like I’m making plans for January too early, but it is – unbelievably – right around the corner. We’re now on lockdown for the next month or so, and I’m thinking about the projects I’ve got ahead of me. I’ve now got a goal of not spending any money through the month of …
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I am a true crime fan. I started reading about ghosts, aliens and murderers when I was pretty young. There were Time Life books that I took out of the library multiple times. I read about unsolved crimes and watched Robert Stack on Unsolved Mysteries. I learned about serial killers – the Zodiac, the Manson …
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Brave new world
December 10th, 2020 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Brave new world)
I’m reading the book Embrace Your Weird by Felicia Day and I’ve gotten to a section where she asks you to think about your childhood in various stages and she asks questions. When it comes to life as a very small child I remember mostly generalities – my dad left, we moved, we went swimming …
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It’s getting a bit intents
November 22nd, 2020 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on It’s getting a bit intents)
I’ve been thinking a lot about the second part of our quarantine. We’re not officially shut down in the city, but our family is certainly going back to stage one. There are cupboards and drawers that I sorted in March that I’m going to be re-organizing again. There are goals I set myself that I’m …
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