the fifth day of Xmas

 my true love gave to me

5 Gooold Riiings!!

4 Calling Birds

3 French Hens

2 Turtle Doves

and a partridge in a pear treeee

.⭒°✵°⭒.

CREATING

in 2020

booklets

{some of the things i enjoy making 

are my own booklets. 

either to use as a diary, or a journal 

of sorts, or a combination. 

a load of A4 paper 

- plain white, graph paper, old leaflets -,

 a thicker sheet for the cover, 

some string and a big needle,

and half an hour later,

i have another booklet

to write in, or draw, or collage...}

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stories & journaling & letters

{things i need to write down, 

things that only make sense to me,

writing has proved a way 

to keep me  from going mad,

from feeling like i've lost my grip

on my life, on myself.

in stories i can create a world

where i can enjoy myself,

in journaling i can work out my mind,

in letters i can get to know new people,

or some people even better.

this year i made some new friends,

and one in particular has been

an amazing friend.}

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Round Robin Art Journaling

{somehow forgot that one... 

tnx Sandra for reminding me!!

last year i joined a Round Robin project, 

with a group of people I've never met before,

and created 4 spread/8 pages of

whatever needed to be expressed,

per month - or 6 weeks.

fun, challenging, confronting.

receiving the booklet i sent out into the world

after a year was a wonderful thing -

to see the creative things other people have made,

with me in mind... 

it touched me beyond words...}

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my balcony garden

{somewhere for the cats to hang out, 

and for myself and Pops,

and while the summer sun 

pummeled and burnt, my plants thrived,

and my clothes dried,

and we sat and read and sunbathed 

and listened to the world around us

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