I Dare You Darlin’
This post was inspired by, and is dedicated to, my very dear friend Ruby. She has been facing some severe difficulties recently, as described in her post I Am Disabled. But she isn’t the only Canvas...
View ArticleThe Blogging Community
The more I regularly blog, the more grateful I am for the mental health blogging community. Some of the issues I deal with have become more bearable now that I blog about them. On my blog, I’ve...
View ArticleRequiem for [yet another] lost friendship
When you deal with mental illness, you get used to seeing a lot of people you care for steer away from your life. Sooner or later, friends and significant others get tired of your moods. And it’s not...
View ArticleFor Your Weekend Enjoyment ~ A Brief Note From Ruby
To Our Dear Readers, I know we have been a little shy on posts lately, for lots of reasons. I can only speak to my own issues. I have been fighting a depression — denying, refusing, admitting, and...
View ArticleRare Time, Rare People, Rare Earth
Yep, that time of year has come ’round! *the rare time So. . . . . . light another candle, ’cause we’ve made it another year! Last year we celebrated by giving a bit of history of the beginnings of...
View ArticleExplanations And Understanding
I have stuck my feet back into the vast ocean of blogging. All the way up to the ankles, though the waves seem to be hitting mid-calf more and more. When I announced my blogging hiatus, I made it...
View ArticleIt’s Not Okay
The past 10 or so days have proved enormously instructive for me. They’ve provided the kind of instruction I hear tell of from my parents’ days in Catholic school in the 50s and 60s, when one of the...
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