i read this…
…positive spin on feeling shitty over at Abide a couple of days ago. Interestingly it is when I feel at my lowest that I find it hardest to be and live in the moment. I do all manner of things to distract (and exhaust) myself. Often I even try to do more than one thing more »
i’ve been working…
…on a publicity postcard for my new project The Beany. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m trying too hard to construct a work routine for myself. I wonder why I can’t just let things be the shape they are in. I feel I should be out in my studio – at my desk or drawing more »
my father…
…died when he was 66 and I was 11. Here he looks oddly like Edward VIII and it’s not how I think of him at all. I found the photo I made the drawing from at my mother’s. She thinks he must have been about twenty when it was taken – twenty-four years before she more »
sorry…
…for myself today and not really sure why. Maybe I’m still low from the cold. Maybe I’m not liking the slowly disappearing sun. Maybe this is just one of life’s downturns. No doubt things will turn around before long. I hope so… In the meantime I’m I seem to be looking for distractions but not more »
chocolate…
…heaven. I’ve been working on refining my sweet tooth with the organic quality chocolate that M recommended in a comment to my last post. Quality chocolate really is far, far superior to the usual sweetshop fare. A little goes a long way and the taste remains. Just think of all those happy hormones being released…
I added brandy…
…to Keri Smith’s Ginger Tea recipe. It made a lovely hot toddy – just what I needed. I know people with ME/CFS are suppose to avoid alcohol, and I have been recently, but I’ve been feeling in need of a few treats of late. I did sleep well afterwards. My willpower has rather been shot more »
too much time…
…at home I think. I’m still feeling rather worn down by the cold. Not really ill anymore – which is good – but washed out and listless. Consequently I’ve been spending far too much time online and been very weak-willed, spending money on Amazon and at the excellent Heaton Cooper Studio. Unable to give up more »
pen update…
< p> Richard Bell over at Wild West Yorkshire wrote this excellent post about his new bag and the pens and other materials he carries in it. He seems very happy with his Rotring Art Pen and has made me want to dig mine out and give it another try. I was filling it with more »
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