Wendy Bryant
@drwmb.bsky.social
Retired occupational therapist. Living with ANCA vasculitis https://restdodays.blog/2024/11/06/from-under-the-duvet/
Author of Rest-Do Days https://www.book2look.com/book/49aOEkIS5o
Author of Rest-Do Days https://www.book2look.com/book/49aOEkIS5o
Ever since I learned wood anemones spread just 6 feet in 100 years, I’ve been more impressed by the starry carpet in my local woods. It’s low impact, but long lasting 🤔
April 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Ever since I learned wood anemones spread just 6 feet in 100 years, I’ve been more impressed by the starry carpet in my local woods. It’s low impact, but long lasting 🤔
Last Friday I finished reading Property @rowanmoore.bsky.social It has changed how I think about my home, houses around me, village church, local shop, struggles of my family & so many others, and how I read the news. Possession, when compared with property, informs alienation & belonging.
March 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Last Friday I finished reading Property @rowanmoore.bsky.social It has changed how I think about my home, houses around me, village church, local shop, struggles of my family & so many others, and how I read the news. Possession, when compared with property, informs alienation & belonging.
Had wonderful stroll with friend today, discussing seasonal nature of resting & doing. Some days it’s impossible to resist overdoing it, important when it’s in a lovely place like a wood in spring.
March 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Had wonderful stroll with friend today, discussing seasonal nature of resting & doing. Some days it’s impossible to resist overdoing it, important when it’s in a lovely place like a wood in spring.
Who is this man? And why did my dad make this portrait? Who do we choose to pay attention to?
Every time I come here I unfollow some more people, slowly I’ll get space to find posts that add something to my day.
Every time I come here I unfollow some more people, slowly I’ll get space to find posts that add something to my day.
March 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Who is this man? And why did my dad make this portrait? Who do we choose to pay attention to?
Every time I come here I unfollow some more people, slowly I’ll get space to find posts that add something to my day.
Every time I come here I unfollow some more people, slowly I’ll get space to find posts that add something to my day.
Back at the hospital this week. X-ray dept had a makeover, felt hallucinogenic, too distracting to rest. Fortunately not there long.
March 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Back at the hospital this week. X-ray dept had a makeover, felt hallucinogenic, too distracting to rest. Fortunately not there long.
Rest-do days never stop 😁 I’m recording an interview about my book today. Looking forward to talking with Maria McCann for WLR FM radio. It’s always interesting to answer questions about rest-do days.
February 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Rest-do days never stop 😁 I’m recording an interview about my book today. Looking forward to talking with Maria McCann for WLR FM radio. It’s always interesting to answer questions about rest-do days.
Looks lovely. I’m finishing a crochet cardigan - first time I’ve crocheted a garment and have enjoyed it v much. But want it finished now 😁
February 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Looks lovely. I’m finishing a crochet cardigan - first time I’ve crocheted a garment and have enjoyed it v much. But want it finished now 😁
Thank you. The stuff that’s being dripped into my vein all day today may look like water, but it’s a life saving drug. I’m alive to support my mum as she gets to grips with life without Dad & his Alzheimer’s, among many other things
February 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank you. The stuff that’s being dripped into my vein all day today may look like water, but it’s a life saving drug. I’m alive to support my mum as she gets to grips with life without Dad & his Alzheimer’s, among many other things
Hoping to get back to doing interviews about my book next week after a few weeks’ absence. I enjoyed answering questions & having missing the opportunity. Feel free to post yours here, to help me warm up😁🤔
February 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hoping to get back to doing interviews about my book next week after a few weeks’ absence. I enjoyed answering questions & having missing the opportunity. Feel free to post yours here, to help me warm up😁🤔
I always take a crochet project to hospital appointments. It can address boredom & worries all around me, as other patients & staff stop by for a chat. My hook seems to create opportunities as fast as stitches
February 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I always take a crochet project to hospital appointments. It can address boredom & worries all around me, as other patients & staff stop by for a chat. My hook seems to create opportunities as fast as stitches
Slowly shifting from sick days back to rest-do days. I helped a lovely friend to change my bedsheets yesterday. Novels are my best escape from miseries of being acutely unwell.
January 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Slowly shifting from sick days back to rest-do days. I helped a lovely friend to change my bedsheets yesterday. Novels are my best escape from miseries of being acutely unwell.
Been a tough wheezy snotty bloodstreaked week so I assume my vasculitis is flaring alongside respiratory infection. It’s been good to receive lovely photos from friends, among many other gestures of support.
January 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Been a tough wheezy snotty bloodstreaked week so I assume my vasculitis is flaring alongside respiratory infection. It’s been good to receive lovely photos from friends, among many other gestures of support.
I knitted a coat for my grandog Apparently he was more impressed than he looks.
January 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I knitted a coat for my grandog Apparently he was more impressed than he looks.
How is it possible to visit an exhibition & not crash with fatigue afterwards? Travel with good friend, rest & eat then don’t look at every painting. Come home after that. Rest-do days can happen anywhere 😁👍
January 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
How is it possible to visit an exhibition & not crash with fatigue afterwards? Travel with good friend, rest & eat then don’t look at every painting. Come home after that. Rest-do days can happen anywhere 😁👍
Called in to the local brewery to pick up refreshment for the family. We will pause & remember Dad, who loved his beer before Alzheimer’s took too much away. What is such a pause a rest from? What will we be resting?
December 24, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Called in to the local brewery to pick up refreshment for the family. We will pause & remember Dad, who loved his beer before Alzheimer’s took too much away. What is such a pause a rest from? What will we be resting?
PIP review time. Difference with prof registration audits: relentless focus on every detail of the miseries of chronic illhealth, v short deadline, assembling multiple paper copies of supporting docs & nagging concerns about outcome. Merry Christmas.
December 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM
PIP review time. Difference with prof registration audits: relentless focus on every detail of the miseries of chronic illhealth, v short deadline, assembling multiple paper copies of supporting docs & nagging concerns about outcome. Merry Christmas.
Finding it difficult to rest while out at the moment: too many people around. I’m fed up with eating daft food at stupid times. Have to remind myself this is a brief seasonal aberration.
December 20, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Finding it difficult to rest while out at the moment: too many people around. I’m fed up with eating daft food at stupid times. Have to remind myself this is a brief seasonal aberration.
Yesterday’s Christmas impulse buy, for my brother
December 19, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Yesterday’s Christmas impulse buy, for my brother
I sketch out the composition & might try variations before focusing on one option. Then I always work broadly across the image, developing layers of tone and line. Work that’s not finished to me might look finished, if that makes sense?
December 18, 2024 at 9:08 AM
I sketch out the composition & might try variations before focusing on one option. Then I always work broadly across the image, developing layers of tone and line. Work that’s not finished to me might look finished, if that makes sense?
Is it my eyes or is that tree leaning? Fatigue can affect how I process information from my senses, especially after 3 hours in Eye Clinic. Time for a #RestDoDay #rest www.book2look.com/book/49aOEkI...
December 11, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Is it my eyes or is that tree leaning? Fatigue can affect how I process information from my senses, especially after 3 hours in Eye Clinic. Time for a #RestDoDay #rest www.book2look.com/book/49aOEkI...
Audiobooks made commuting bearable for me for 10 years. Now they’re a crucial part of my rest-do days. What am I taking a rest from when I listen? #rest
December 8, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Audiobooks made commuting bearable for me for 10 years. Now they’re a crucial part of my rest-do days. What am I taking a rest from when I listen? #rest
She wouldn’t let me play with the cats so I’m having to make do with this bear #dachshund
December 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
She wouldn’t let me play with the cats so I’m having to make do with this bear #dachshund
