Last month I wrote about having done something completely new for me, at a local hospital. It wasn’t a new treatment for my chronic pain condition, or a new project as a Patient Partner in research. So it must have been something to do with Read More …
This afternoon I participated in a live-virtual watercolour painting workshop hosted by the Cornell Ornithology Lab. This was very interesting to me, as I’ve been painting birds on my own for a while now. It was great to get some guidance from a professional natural Read More …
Today I did something different, something completely new for me, at a local hospital. If it was “different”, then it obviously wasn’t another medical appointment or test for my rare disease! Nor did I attend a research meeting, as either a Patient Partner or a Read More …
If you think of contemporary artists, does the name Robert Bateman come to mind? He is “one of Canada’s foremost artists, … also a naturalist recognized by the Audubon Society as one of the 20th century’s “heroes of conservation”.” (1) He has long been my Read More …
A few weeks ago I posted about my ongoing attempt to learn to draw and to paint, with watercolours. This isn’t only about creating ‘art’, painting is also a new way to help me deal with some of the symptoms caused by my rare disease. Read More …
Did you know that today is World Chocolate Day? I didn’t, until yesterday! July 7 “marks the introduction of the food to Europe in 1550 – until this point, chocolate was only known to indigenous communities in Mexico and parts of central and south America.” Read More …
