May catch up because um … will you look at that, I blinked and it’s been almost a month since my last blog post! I’m not organised so I thought I’d just do one of those coffee catch-up kind of posts where I fill…
SHOW ‘N’ TELL I thought I’d have a show and tell element to my Art Chat posts where I share my recent art activities. These posts will mostly be more visual than wordy depending of course on what I have going on and…
It’s time for my first Taking Stock post for 2022, and oh what a year this year has been already! Wouldn’t you agree? Let’s jump straight in. Making: Art again after far too long of a break – more on that in my next Art…
Photo by Valerie Titova on Unsplash ART & MENTAL HEALTH I couldn’t have an ‘Art Chat’ series of posts and not talk about the benefits of doing art (and all creative activities) for our mental health. When I do art, and particularly when I go into ‘the…
ART CHAT – named and explained! Art Chat is a new blog series – kinda like a mix of show and tell and coffee chats about all things art related. Last month I wrote a post to share my latest artwork with a plan…
We’ve all heard the saying “it never rains but pours”. It usually means that misfortunes or difficult situations tend to follow each other in rapid succession or to arrive all at the same time. That has been true in recent years I have to…
I had a blood test a few weeks ago to check my vitamin levels, thyroid function but more directly to follow up on my iron levels following an iron infusion back in November 2021. I’ve been feeling really run down and tired and very…
ARTY FARTY UPDATES vs LATEST ARTWORKS As life is quite busy for me lately* I’ve been trying to think of an idea for reasonably quick blog posts, that are in line with what Write of the Middle is all about, and that are able…
OMICRON, BOOSTERS, RATs & WORDLE – It’s been a long time since my last Corona Chronicles post (about 6.5 months!) so I thought that I should do another in order to keep a brief but reasonable record of this crazy period during our lives…
Hello there 2022! I trust you will be kind to us and grant us many more joyful moments than stressful ones. Many are afraid of you after what 2020 and 2021 delivered to us. I’m choosing not to be afraid but rather to look…
Hello! It’s been a while between blog posts and that is mostly because life has thrown another curve ball at us. As mentioned in my last post, Mum hasn’t been well. In that post, I was about to go back over to stay with…
I thought I’d pop in for a quick catch up on what’s been going on around here lately. If you follow me on social media (particularly my stories) you’d be pretty up to speed but in case not, here’s a bit of a wrap…
