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Tag: drawings

Posted on26 October 20105 July 2021Crafting & Creating

Trees

by Just Frances2 Comments on Trees

Just for you, some pretty trees that I drew this evening. Yay! Treesby Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) I think that I shall never see A poem as…

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Posted on26 October 20105 July 2021Crafting & Creating, Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Copy bird

by Just Frances3 Comments on Copy bird

In the evenings, you will quite often find me and the kid in the living room not talking*: Her on the love seat reading or…

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Posted on23 October 201012 March 2022Crafting & Creating, Everyday Life

A bit sketchy

by Just FrancesLeave a comment on A bit sketchy

I signed up for The Sketchbook Project a few weeks ago. It’s a great art project from the Brooklyn Art Library where thousands of sketchbooks…

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Posted on20 October 20104 July 2021Everyday Life, Widow Life

Learning to cope [?]

by Just Frances9 Comments on Learning to cope [?]

It’s been nearly a month since I posted about being stressed and unhappy and I hate to admit that not much has changed. I’ve had…

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Posted on4 October 20104 July 2021Everyday Life

200 posts

by Just Frances3 Comments on 200 posts

I can’t believe that I’ve had so much useless rubbish to share with the world since I started Just Frances! I’ve found writing here to…

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Posted on29 September 20104 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

When I was a kid I thought…

by Just Frances6 Comments on When I was a kid I thought…

When I was a kid I thought that the horses just off the west interchange in Ellensburg were wild and I dreamt that when I…

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Posted on25 September 20104 July 2021Crafting & Creating, Everyday Life

Relearning the art of childhood

by Just Frances5 Comments on Relearning the art of childhood

A while back I picked up a piece of bond paper and a box of crayons to illustrate a silly little image to go along…

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Posted on25 September 201018 August 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Unhappily stressed

by Just Frances6 Comments on Unhappily stressed

I’m really struggling this week. Actually, I’ve been struggling for a couple of weeks now. I’m sad and I feel quite helpless about it. I’m…

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Posted on24 September 20104 July 2021Everyday Life

Punctuate this!

by Just Frances7 Comments on Punctuate this!

Yay! Today is National Punctuation Day. And if you know me at all you know that this is a day I love to celebrate. So…

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Posted on20 September 20104 July 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Sometimes I want to…

by Just Frances7 Comments on Sometimes I want to…

Sometimes I want to scream at the top of my lungs. I want to yell. I want to shout. I want to wail about how…

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Posted on1 September 20104 July 2021Crafting & Creating

Art?

by Just Frances4 Comments on Art?

I wish I was an artist. You know – a really good one. I wish I could draw things with ease and make them look pretty. In…

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Posted on30 August 20104 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness

The cost of vanity

by Just Frances4 Comments on The cost of vanity

For more than a year I’ve been telling myself to get some really nice, quality face moisturizer because grief can really take a toll on…

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Posted on28 August 20104 July 2021Everyday Life

Goals update

by Just Frances4 Comments on Goals update

Nearly three weeks ago, I posted my goals and promised that I would soon update each goal with a list of tasks required to accomplish…

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About Just Frances

Just Frances is a personal website maintained by me, Frances Ryan. I am a quirky runner, writer, thinker, drinker, crafter, adventurer, and researcher. I am also a daughter, sister, aunty, friend, and widow. But mostly, I am just Frances. (She/Her)

I blog about my life, including my travels and adventures, my experiences with PKD and ITP, my life as a young(ish) widow, and my life in general, really. Learn more about the topics I write about here.

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