CFIDS
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Learning to Live with the Wall
Thinking about my life for an art journal prompt, I realize – my life used to be full, challenging, in every way. Intellectually, emotionally, physically, aesthetically, spiritually – I pushed myself, I challenged myself, I moved, loved, lost, changed jobs, went into therapy, worked hard, read books, took classes, thought, looked at art,… Continue reading
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conundrum
For Art Journal Caravan w/Tangie Baxter: Itinerary #13 {Wordography: Conundrum} This word had me stumped (ha!) for quite awhile. Then I considered the main conundrum of my own life; the need to balance my inherent introversion, which is much exacerbated by illness, with the need for human connection. I'm either exhausted, or isolated.… Continue reading
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Some Suggestions
Those look like mystery tracks, don't they? Those are Lucy's front paws and nose, as she reached up to eat the snow. I was there, so I could read them. The mystery tracks of this illness are not, apparently, so easily deciphered. There they are, for all to see — but what made them? This… Continue reading
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Memory, NaNoWriMo, Illness…
Abide has been linked to by the CFIDS Association of America, and I am getting lots of new visitors. I feel I should offer you something of substance, but since I am doing both NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and, at Watermark, NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) I haven’t much energy to prepare a new,… Continue reading
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Invalid
@ Wiktionary: invalid [adjective] not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate invalid (plural invalids) [noun] One who is confined to home or bed due to illness, disability or injury Any person with disability, e.g. invalid carriage Usage notes The sense of a person confined to home or bed is considered politically incorrect by some.… Continue reading
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