the Spirit Within

a man playing a guitar with a blue shirt on ALT: a man playing a guitar with a blue shirt on

Alright I am still injured but well enough to start writing and recording music from tomorrow. Yessss finally

@isobrown.bsky.social Bonjour, je suis né en Angleterre mais je vis en Australie et j'ai des ancêtres français. Certains membres de ma famille sont originaires de Normandie.

Day 24 of my injury. Doctor let me take the sling off. It will be 4 weeks on Tuesday. Feel about 85% better. May be able to start recording music later today. Stil cant lift heavy grocery shopping bags or reach up to wash my hair but am happy so far.

The reason women are getting diagnosed with autoimmune issues in record rates— but also why they experience them at far higher rates than men is the stress we have to carry from the patriarchy, from sexual violence, from living in an unequal world that wants us dead or pregnant. It’s making us sick.

@trendingworld.bsky.social Hello I am in Australia.

Day 21 : My injured arm is getting stronger every day. I am now about halfway through the average recovery time. I can lift nearly everything except very heavy bags of groceries.

Day 20: tomorrow will be three weeks wearing my sling on my arm. I can comfortably carry full dishes and cups and wash dishes and cutlery and butter toast. I can now type with both hands on the computer and use the mouse. I’m doing 20 to 30 minutes of physiotherapy every day.

I’ve put down two books temporarily that I picked up to read because they are difficult to hold open and have tiny print. I’ve started on this book. It flops open and stays open because of the way the paper was cut with a grain. This is a great series. I’ve read it once a long time ago.

@septimusbrown.com Hello greetings from Australia

Day 19: My arm pain is now 1-2 / 10 and I can do more things things with my sling on. My recovery will be half way done as of Monday. I’ve temporarily put down two very big fiction books for something smaller. I’m reading for shorter periods as it is harder to concentrate with muscle fatigue.

First of August today my back and both shoulders are sore because of the sling despite that I’m eating doing laundry reading a book and trying to paint with my left hand. There’s not much on TV at the moment, but I just have to get through to the end of August and rthe sling can be removed.

I can’t wait for the next four weeks to fly past. I’m very eager to start writing and recording music playing my guitar and using my treadmill I’m trying to be patient but I’m not succeeding enough. Here is the best it can go up to 16 km an hour and also up to a gradient slope of 10%.

While I’m recovering from my injury, I’m determined to get through a few unread books. This one seems to stay flat no matter where I put it down so that makes it easy for me to read right now. I do write in my books off and I’ll find sentences that I want to follow up later

Day 16: still wearing my sling today but today I’m feeling a bit happier because I feel warmer. I’ve been drawing with my left hand again and I’m about to read a big chunk of a book. I found one that I can keep open with one hand finally it’s Thursday today.

I’ve been looking for a new watch for a very long time. I went to 5 stores in the same shopping mall and all the women’s watches were so ugly and plain. I ended up getting this one from Swatch. I had a choice of colourful or industrial and minimalist and I went for this one industrial.

My fractured arm day 15: yesterday was not a good day. I was cold and sore. Apart from the arm pain I’ve had to change my sleeping position and also for doing certain tasks so now generally I’m sore all over and everything takes three times as long. Today I feel happier

Sorry I haven’t been around I had 2 accidents happen one after the other. Currently got one arm in a sling so typing one handed now. No photography, music, painting or gym workouts for 6-8 weeks. I will however be reading books and trying to draw with my left hand’

Today was a bad day to order home delivery of groceries. It has rained non-stop since the morning and there are giant puddles near my front door that I can’t jump over and it’s freezing cold. My right arm is still in a sling and it was hard carrying an umbrella and torch to wait for the truck

@direangel.bsky.social hello thank you for following me. I’m in Australia at the moment. I’m injured with a fractured arm and I have to rest as much as possible so it will repair so I’m not allowed to play or record any music for at least six weeks now. It is week two.

I should be trying to read a few books while I’m injured and that way I can take them off my shelf. It’s raining very hard today and very cold so today is a day for reading hot tea and chocolate.

I have to sort out my books and decide which ones I’m keeping and which ones I’m getting rid of and then I will have more shelf space for my fountain pens, inks and other art supplies

Very colourful my apartment is small so I have a lot of trolleys that I can move around and store in a corner and pull them out when I need them. I have one for my art supplies one in the bathroom and one in the kitchen.

is this someones bedroom?

Thank you very much for the kind thoughts. I’m using this time to read books eat good food. And I can use speech to text on my iPad instead of writing.

@shabbyroads.bsky.social hello how are you? Long time? No see. I’m using speech to text on my iPad.

Hello everybody, I’ve had my fractured arm for nine days now. I’ve been advised that it may take me up to 6 weeks to heal fully. I am wearing a sling and so no playing music, no recording music until the middle of August.

@traceadkins012.bsky.social hello in Australia and I followed your new profile. Welcome to blue sky at the moment. I’ve got my arm in a sling and I’ve got a fracture in my arm bone near my shoulder so I won’t be around till the sling comes I’m using speech to text on my iPad. I will talk to you soon

Bad news fracture near the top of my right arm no music for a while

The way I was taught at school the letters dont all look the same, they are rounded in different places.

My next current read. I’m going to write something in my diary about this book just started tonight so no impression yet it’s from my local Indie bookshop that I’ve supported since Covid started.