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Christmas Cards

Posted in Family Matters, Reflections, bipolar, christmas, manic depression, tagged , , , , , , on December 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »

 
I’ve finally gotten together a Christmas card design (yes-at this late date) and am busy printing out cards on watercolor paper today. This is the design- New York Snow; snowy, urban and somehow classic-something of the 1950’s “ashcan” school of urban painting is in it. I painted it in a good frame of mind today. Intellectual clarity [...]

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No Appetite for the Season

Posted in bipolar, manic depression, schizoaffective, tagged , , , , , , , on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Though now my flat is at about 65 degrees, which shouldn’t require a shawl and a hot water bottle, it somehow does. If I had gloves I could type in, I’d wear them, but I can only find an odd box of mittens and children’s gloves. I keep forgetting to eat while on Geodon-I honestly [...]

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Always Trust Charlie Brown

Posted in Family Matters, Reflections, The Weary World, bipolar, manic depression, tagged , , , on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Reflective week thus far. Lots and lots of darker things just below the mania I’m feeling just now. Pessimism, I suppose, that comes with the compulsory expectations of the season. I get Christmas cards, but at my old address, addressed to both me and my soon to be ex, so it’s like they never actually [...]

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The Holidays- If You Insist

Posted in Family Matters, Home, bipolar, manic depression, tagged , , , , on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

 Going into the holidays is a touchy business estranged from most everyone excepting my aunt, mother and a smattering of friends who all have their children and their own lives, I can’t quite find a place for myself this year. On top of it all, I’m slightly hypomanic just now, but it feels good! (Geodon [...]

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