Last update to this blog was on July 21, three months ago exactly. I am truly sorry for that. I had intended to warn that this blog would have little to no activity for a bit, but obviously that post didn’t happen.
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Chapter 21 – Chronic manipulation and abuse are difficult enough to deal with when you are well. When I developed a chronic illness, maintaining my boundaries became an even more overwhelming task.
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In the wake of being diagnosed with disk degeneration disorder, I am dedicating myself to consistently doing physical therapy exercises. As a witch, I am using magic to boost those efforts, to support reaching my goals spectacularly and with minimal difficulties. Adding magic to a physical therapy routine is something anyone can do, benefiting the practitioner on both spiritual and physical levels.
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It has once again been more than a year since I posted about my chronic health problems on this blog. That happens when I have made no meaningful progress, and therefor feel like I have nothing new to write about. I do occasionally vent or rant on my personal Facebook profile, which is also where the latest developments to my health unfolded in the public eye.
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I must apologize that things have been so quiet around here lately, and even quieter over at The Balancing Path on Patheos Pagan. Part of that is due to the tasks involved in moving The Balancing Path to this site, but there are many reasons for lack of posts, including my health.
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I am coming up on two years since my last health update on this blog, all of which can be found under the health tag. For those of you who are relatively new to this blog, you may or may not be aware of my ongoing struggles with chronic illness and disability following a tick
Read MoreIt has been a very long time since I’ve written a formal update on my health. At the beginning of May it will be four years since I stopped taking antibiotics and entered the recovery phase of my illness, a little over five years since I started working with a specialist who could identify and
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Talent is overrated, and placing all the emphasis on this one minor factor tells people that if they don’t have “talent”, that if it doesn’t come out perfect the first time with little to no effort, that you’re just doomed to mediocrity, so why try at all? Art is for those with “talent”. I call bullshit. Creating art is for those with enough passion for it to do all the hard work that it takes to build the skills you need to be able to make tangible what you see in your head.
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It has been a lot of months since I last updated this blog. I have been up to quite a bit at times, but very little of it has been directly related to my art, and none of it related to my sewing. The time since last September has been about trying to finish the
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I need to get back in practice, and need something portable, so this is the first sketch of many I’m drawing in a tiny sketchbook that fits in my purse.
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