Week 19 – Mother’s Day and Floppy Discs

Week 19 – Mother’s Day and Floppy Discs

Week 19 – Mother’s Day and Floppy Discs Another week with up and down MCAS symptoms for me… My eyes and skin have been itchy this week. I’m not sure if it’s hormones, perfumes, grief, or the change of weather (or maybe a combo of...
Week 18 – Never Ending Scarf & a Cassette

Week 18 – Never Ending Scarf & a Cassette

Week 18 – Never Ending Scarf & a Cassette It looks like Winter is on the way… I’m writing this blog while I listen to the rain falling on our iron deck roof. The temp has dropped to 16C, and my feet are freezing! Luckily, the MCAS flare...
Week 17 – Chronic Pain and Dinosaur

Week 17 – Chronic Pain and Dinosaur

Week 17 – Chronic Pain and Dinosaur Another week, and another blog! 17 weeks into 2026, and I’m still recovering from an MCAS / chronic pain flare. The brain fog is fogging this week! It’s hard to keep my eyes open during the day, and I’m wired...
Week 16 – The Bat Wings Poncho

Week 16 – The Bat Wings Poncho

Week 16 – The Bat Wings Poncho 16 weeks into 2026, and I am yearning for a time when I didn’t have to be aware of all the stupid shit going on in the world. Before 2025, I only had a vague idea of how tariffs worked. Now, I have a fairly good understanding...
Week 15 – End of a Civilisation

Week 15 – End of a Civilisation

Week 15 – End of a Civilisation Woo, friends! I am fucking tired… bone tired.  Did anyone else go to sleep earlier this week wondering if Trump was going to nuke Iran?  On Tuesday, I spoke to my therapist about trying a different type of therapy (or,...
Week 14 – The Slowest Apocalypse

Week 14 – The Slowest Apocalypse

Week 14 – The Slowest Apocalypse We’re heading closer to a full-on fuel crisis here in Oceana every day, and I’m starting to wonder: are we in the slowest apocalypse? I feel like reality and the world I thought I knew have been unravelling thread by...