In June 2020, I decided to take part in The Wildlife Trusts ‘30 Days Wild’ challenge. The general idea was to appreciate nature – and the positive effect it has on wellbeing and mental health – through daily ‘acts of wildness’. I started taking more of an interest in The Wildlife Trusts during my lastContinue reading “#12DaysWild”
Tag Archives: Wellbeing
Lockdown Life
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about my last cartoon. I titled it Here we go again and I suppose the only thing I’m a bit surprised about is that the wave didn’t hit earlier in Autumn. And so, on this Thursday 5th November, here we all go again. Plunged into ‘Lockdown 2.0’. IContinue reading “Lockdown Life”
Pastel, baby pastel
As you can probably guess, this one is about pastels. I don’t think I’ve written about pastels before and, to be honest, I’m pretty scared of using them. But I’ve been trying them out more and wanted to share a couple of pieces with you. First things first. I think the title deserves a littleContinue reading “Pastel, baby pastel”
Here we go again…
Yesterday lunchtime, I was sitting in my lounge reading a BBC article. I think it was about the horrendous experience some self-isolating university students are currently going through. Needless to say, if it wasn’t that article it was definitely one about the pandemic – it could’ve been about the dire state of the economy, theContinue reading “Here we go again…”
A little more motivation
I woke up this morning feeling seriously de-motivated. It’s becoming a more regular occurrence – it could be something to do with the darker mornings or I might be going through one of those ‘what on earth shall I do with my life’ cycles – and I really felt I should do something about it.Continue reading “A little more motivation”
The Fledgling
I’ve not been in a very positive mood over the past couple of days. In fact, other the last few weeks, I’ve been feeling more and more overwhelmed and hopeless in our new Covid world. In an attempt to snap me out of this, I thought back to June when I did a daily ‘actContinue reading “The Fledgling”
The ‘New Normal’
I’ve been banging on about doing a cartoon about this for ages. Like the ‘R’ rate, it’s another example of our new terminology that I just can’t stand. Although it’s been on my mind for a good few weeks now, I didn’t feel the full urge to draw it out until this week. This isContinue reading “The ‘New Normal’”
The Thirteenth Mill
I recently completed a FutureLearn course. That in itself was a pretty good achievement for me. Years ago, I discovered FutureLearn and signed up enthusiastically for lots of courses to do in my spare time. I think I completed 0. That, however, was wayyyy before Covid (or BC, if you will). In the full throttleContinue reading “The Thirteenth Mill”
#30DaysWild Week 1
I mentioned in a previous post that I was hoping to keep up with the Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild project throughout June. At the end of Week 1, this is what I’ve been up to… Monday 1st June – It was another sunny day and I spent the evening in the garden after work.Continue reading “#30DaysWild Week 1”
A ‘surprise’ act of kindness
Wow, two posts in 5 days. This ‘new normal’ is really doing wonders for my writing. Silver linings and all that… Back to the facts. This one is a little different to my usual ramblings. Art is still central to it, but rather than go on about nature once again (spoiler alert: that’s definitely onContinue reading “A ‘surprise’ act of kindness”
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 