ByCatherine Green
How is your physical health? How is your mental and emotional health? Do you rely on the NHS for support, do you use private healthcare, or do you simply ignore it and hope it goes away? These are questions I had to ask myself recently. I have been documenting my struggle with NHS care for…
ByJulia Chi
I started and finished the day in the water, swimming into the sunlight… It felt tonight when I was clambering out of the sea, up the steep stony bank, to sit down next to Wends, as if I had completed a special magic ritual. This morning I had run along to the naked beach –…
ByCatherine Green
How do you feel today? Are you busy working, parenting, doing jobs for friends and family members, chasing appointments, deliveries, caring for pets, cleaning the house, tidying the garden… the list goes on. When did you last do something just for you? I don’t mean going to bed early. I mean proper self-care. If we…
ByGiora Carmi
I had to carefully compose again after it looked as if I had finished it already. There was a lot to add. It is so easy with this technique. And I fixed it. Now it appeals to me. I made it to appeal to me. When I think what is new about my late paintings,…
ByJulia Chi
I am writing in Teide restaurant, having a working dinner… Teide has served as both my office and my second home while I have been here, especially with no and slow internet and stormy weather… I enjoy being in the warmth, with chatter in the background, and I feel part of a place that I…
ByGiora Carmi
A garden grows At the top of the soil With a touch of sadness To it A lonely soul Is leaving Hoping to have it better In another place There is gold in the earth And next to it A hidden wound A flood of sadness And the body of a man He is resting…
ByGiora Carmi
I want to be a tree But I am not sure Which tree I want to be And I’m not sure What the conditions are In the place where I’ll stand Is it very windy there? Is there competition for the food? Will the goats eat my bark? Will the other trees be friendly And…
ByJulia Chi
Today I feel that seeing the sun rise and watching it set, is purpose enough on planet earth; in fact the very act of simply watching the earth’s journey around the sun again and again lends itself to standing still and being in the circle of light, the circle of life… Today I set off…
ByJulia Chi
I am back in my little white house on the side of the mountain, where the router is deemed no more – Maggie came round to pronounce this, it seems that the lightening struck it and that was that… I have also lost my pinhole glasses somewhere… But I am reckoning my eyes will simply…
ByTony Samara
Why plant-based diets are good for you. To keep your energy levels up and help you feel healthy in the long term, your diet needs to feed more than your stomach. It has to satiate your muscles, which crave protein; your digestive system, which runs best with fibre; and your tissues and bones, which work…
ByCatherine Green
Yesterday marked a significant breakthrough in the treatment of my rare congenital disease, Lymphodoema Distichiasis.. I finally met the elusive doctor that I should have seen back in Oct (when I went to the wrong hospital). He immediately ordered a referral to my GP for me to have ECG/ECHO and have my heart monitored because…
ByJulia Chi
Last night Ange and I wandered along the street, with the warmth of the day still in the air… We had planned to eat in a tiny local restaurant, but when we arrived at its door – was closed… Plan B… ‘There is a restaurant run by an English guy who plays his guitar on…