Archive for the ‘nursing’ Category

thankyou

Apr
2013
23

posted by on chatter, nursing

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Tweet Thank you, lovely readers!  Your words, experience, wisdom, suggestions and empathy were so encouraging.  I read and re-read every lovely comment and will respond to each of you as soon as I can. Right now, I’ve just submitted my last case study for the semester – respiratory complications in the postoperative patient – presented [...]

posted by on books, chatter, cooking, crafty, embroidery, festivals, nursing

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Tweet  if you would like to share your ~loveliness found~ moments from this week … & I would so love it if you did … please leave them in the comments or share a link to your place! ~ and still I stitch, one little red figure after another, first band finished, second started, feeling [...]

posted by on books, chatter, dolls, embroidery, family, knitting, needle felting, nursing, our furry children

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Tweet  ~ very simple, very sweet and oh so very soothing ~  ~ new friendships were cherished, endings that arrived so quickly were lamented & promises were made ~ ~ an early morning prac was rewarded with a steamy, creamy bowl of coffee in the sun ~ ~ knit, knit, knit, knit, knit … & [...]

posted by on chatter, nursing, sewing

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Tweet Oh my!  I’m so thirsty … so thirsty.  I don’t know if this is a consequence of the rich gravy Julian made for supper’s pork cutlets, or the fact that it’s still dreadfully hot at 10.30 at night after a dreadfully hot day.  If you’d been peering into our dark garden, a few moments [...]

knitting therapy

Oct
2012
31

posted by on chatter, knitting, nursing

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Tweet Oh! My! God!  I had the most intensely frustrating class this morning.  Mental health – final class for the semester.  Group presentations on issues in mental health.  (deep breath, lily, deep breath). As is probably obvious to you, dear reader, I am between 15 and 20 years older than most of my classmates.  Now, [...]

book, book, book

Oct
2012
01

posted by on art, books, nursing

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Tweet I’ve been living and breathing this book for the last few days.  Well, the story’s been written for a while now, but following a rather major disaster (anyone here enjoy the ups and downs of group work?! Not I, said the fly!) I’ve had to churn out over 30 drawings since Saturday.  And beg [...]