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Poverty At Home (Drawing)

Posted on October 15, 2008 by rachelcreative — 5 Comments

Part of Blog Action Day 2008 Every year in the UK 2 million people become carers. Carers provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, frail or disabled family member, friend or partner. Carers give so much to society yet…

Tagged with: 2008, action, BAD, blog action day, carer, caring, illness, Life, poverty
Posted in Art, Artist, Doodle, Drawing, Sketchbook

Chronic Artists – New Blog and Blog Ring

Posted on June 16, 2008 by rachelcreative — 12 Comments

It’s always great to make new connections with other artists and creative types who balance their artistic practice with chronic illness or pain. So I decided to try and set up a blog ring to see if I/we can grow…

Tagged with: chronic, ill, illness, music, pain, photographer, Photography, poet, Poetry, sculpt, sculptor, writer, Writing
Posted in Art, Artist, CFIDS, CFS, chronicallyhappy, M.E.

What is ME/CFS?

Posted on May 12, 2008 by rachelcreative — 10 Comments

It’s a simple question for a complex illness – just what is ME/CFS? When I tried to think of a drawing to do for my post for Blogging for ME/CFS Awareness 2008 I wondered what could I possibly hope to…

Tagged with: CFIDS, CFS, chronic, chronically, condition, Disability, Health, illness, M.E., mcs, symptoms
Posted in Art, Artist, CFIDS, CFS, Doodle, Drawing, Health, Life, M.E., SelfPortrait, Sketchbook

Blogging for ME/CFS Awareness 2008

Posted on April 18, 2008 by rachelcreative — 46 Comments

For 2009 onwards please visit ME Aware blog – a central resource for individuals blogging and online activities for ME Awareness http://meaware.wordpress.com 2008 BLOG POST ARCHIVE When you have ME/CFS it can be hard enough to manage basic daily tasks let…

Tagged with: action, blog, blogger, blogging, CFIDS, CFS, chronic, chronic fatigue, fatigue, fms, illness, international, M.E., mcs, me/cfs, pvfs
Posted in Art, CFIDS, CFS, Health, M.E.