I know chronic pain. I know it far too well. And the thing about pain is that it kills you slowly but doesn't actually kill you. There is no damage to be seen by anyone. Even if you are screaming on the inside no one can see a thing on the outside. It is nothing… Continue reading The decline in health and fear of the unknown
I always like to start off with the standard 'Myers-Briggs Personality' is not exactly perfect for a personality typing system. I don't think any of them are. And as long as I am aware of that and that nothing is set in stone- I'm good with that. INFJs and Boundaries But if you know a… Continue reading Boundaries? What are those? INFJ problems
Trying out these cards called Fabula. They are designed to help writers physically map out their novels. I bought them while trying to hold off one of those narcoleptic like nap attacks during which sometimes I am sort of pretty much asleep and still doing things. So I don’t actually remember buying them. I do… Continue reading Fabula Cards
So we were on a road trip for a short two day vacation in the mountains and we came across this field of Wind Turbines. I haven't really ever seen them before so I took some pictures of these wind beasts. They are just massive. Later I look at the pictures and I found these… Continue reading Wind Turbine pictures and UFOs
I killed my blog Brainlessblogger.net. I blogged about the experience of living and coping with chronic pain... for so long I don't even remember how long it has been. I remember I made my own website in html, then actual template blogs came out and I moved to them, to Blogger and then to WordPress.… Continue reading The death of a blog
My boyfriend and I went to Waterton National Park for a few days. We have never been there before and the area is beautiful. Sort of having a disability issue though It seems like an excellent place for hiking but with chronic pain I don't exactly make much of a hiker. I usually do go… Continue reading Waterton National Park
On a whim I decided to give acrylics a go. Since I have no idea if I will like it I just got this small beginning pack and these small little canvases. Just to give it a go. This is for a few layers in and I had already cleaned up one time- because it… Continue reading Artwork: Acrylics
A Year of Writing to Uncover the Authentic Self : Lesson 13: Forgotten Skills This prompt is to think about our forgotten childhood skills. My forgotten skills: Playing the pianoPhotography and manually processing film and printsRollerblading As a kid I did cross-stitching Maybe others. I miss photography but I know some of the reasons I stopped. One,… Continue reading Prompt post: Forgotten Skills
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal Day 97: A drawing, short story or poem about your ever rushing thoughts. Thoughts that slide Thoughts are circles, you see Round and round they go Until they just come back to me. There they grow and tippy-toe so slow. They creep into every… Continue reading 365 of Days Questions: The thoughts that slide Poem
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal Day 90: Write down three things you do to train your authentic self expression I think the only thing that has ever constrained my authentic self was my professional career because of society's ideas of what a professional woman in the role ought to… Continue reading 356 Days of Questions: the authentic self
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal Day 87: What is your favourite way to deal with boredom? And what are three better ways? Well, I am not someone who has a problem with boredom. I am someone who has a problem with too many hobbies. And I'm also someone who… Continue reading 365 Days of questions: Bored?
Yes, I admit that I am a murderer of plants. Death to Mother Nature. It isn't intentional. And I have read on how to care for plants in general. And then specific plants. But as soon as they are around me they really do not dig my vibe. And they just seem to prefer death… Continue reading I am death to plants
This Long-COVID I have is definitely persistent enough that now my doctor is thinking Long-COVID and not that this will just go away and I will recover. In my case, it may be presenting as Narcolepsy. And of all the possibilities that Long-COVID could present as or trigger ... is that a good thing? Because… Continue reading Poem: To Sleep
I wrote a poem recently when I was thinking about the nature of intuition. Intuition seems to take all that information we absorb from all our senses and that we take in from learning or reading or any source at all... then it pieces it together like a puzzle into insights. It delivers it to… Continue reading Poem: Intuition
The pop-up sale is an interesting experience. Since it is my first time, I had no idea what I was doing. Prior to it I was brainstorming all the things I needed to do. Set up a way to receive payments, as an option. Get prints because I figured at a fair people likely wouldn't… Continue reading First day of Rodeo Fair pop-up sale
There is a rodeo fair coming to town and the Leduc art club is doing a pop up sale there. I put myself in for a table... because I am nuts. Well, actually I thought it would be a good place to test the waters. We have an Art Walk here too but it is… Continue reading Artwork for rodeo pop up sale
So I have been gathering drawings I want to make prints for the local fair pop-up sale- which has been very hard to choose from. I have no idea what sort of thing will sell, if anything. Anyway, I had this idea that maybe I should make some generic greeting cards to add to the… Continue reading Pandemic ‘miss you’ card?
I have been focusing a great deal on my art right now. Mostly because I can't actually focus on much of anything. And I can just zone in on drawing. Long-COVID and my Work-In-Progress Novels I have two novels I am really into at the moment. I am completely inspired to write them. I have… Continue reading My focus is very specific right now
It was such a nice weekend and it ended on a Sunday with a backyard fire. It was actually a beautifully bright day but I wanted a picture of the trees just because. And I like black and white pictures when it comes to trees. So there is our backyard fire pit. First fire of… Continue reading Had such a chill weekend
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal Day 37: A drawing, short story, or poem to express joy for life Chilling on a Sunday reading a good book Watching Charlie bathing in the sun Poem Joys are not all riding a high, sometimes they are a contended sigh. Find a comfortable… Continue reading 365 days of questions: Joy
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