CFS
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Chronic Illness: 2 sides of the coin
For Dig iDare #311. Some assistance/ inspiration from Turning Straw Into Gold. After a hard crash, over a week of no poems, no haiku, no pages, this DigiDare seemed a good place to begin again. [Click the image to see credits & larger sizes at flickr.] 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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Challenge
[Click the photo for full credits and larger sizes at flickr.] The Art Journal Caravan word for this week is challenge. I don't sit about thinking how sick I am, but this word certainly pulled it out of me. Continue reading
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Getting Dressed
I am blogging in my pajamas. I've been in pajamas since 2:00 this afternoon. What does this have to do with the purported topic of this blog? Well, fifteen years ago, when I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, I made a commitment to myself: get dressed every day. I might not brush… 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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