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My mum took this photo in January when she and my dad came here to visit me. They dragged me out of bed to go and drink coffee, eat breakfast and watch the sun rise in the middle of a bunch of odd rocks in the middle of a surprisingly green desert. It was the rainy season which for the driest desert in the world surprised me.

Then again Chile has been one surprise after another. My head and my heart are at a juxtaposition. When I think rationally about how crazy my life here has been, I can recognise there is something ridiculous about my desire to come back again. My heart says otherwise. My heart says that it wants to be here.
#chile🇨🇱 — 44 2

My mum took this photo...

In December my boss wrote me a beautiful reference so that I could stay in my job another year, stay in Chile another year. I was delighted.
However this is Chile and since I've arrived I've learnt that you never know what tomorrow will bring.
I currently may, or may not, have a contract working somewhere I do not know. I may be able to get a flight back once my current contract ends (or not). I may or may not be able to get a visa (none are being issued right now). I may end up stuck here, unable to work, unable to leave, or I may end up stuck living with my parents until we are free of this virus.

What I do know is to stay living in this city where I have been so very happy depends on so many impossible steps that it will take a miracle.

And yet... My psychotherapist taught me that chasing what I really want from my life is the only way to be true to myself.

#sketchbook #momentsketchers #watercolor — 25 2

In December my boss wrote...

Staying safe; washing my hands.

I'm learning that cultural differences show up stronger in a situation of crisis. I'm hating not being allowed on the beach. I'm focusing on routine.
My parents had one little wobble about their daughter being a quarter of the way around the world from them, and unable to easily get home, but we seem to all be surviving. My mother's asparagus is growing. My sister's knitted a hat. The whole family voted that it should have a pompom.

And I'm writing: recording the incident with next-door's cat on the blog for my grandmother to read with her next cup of tea, creating classes for my students so that they actually learn, sending emails to friends and penpals.
The picture's somewhere near San Pedro de Atacama... In the green green desert.
Stay safe. Be good. — 26 8

Staying safe; washing my hands....

30 11

#momentsketchers #april #sketchbook

My mum was getting irritated with how little writing I've shared recently, so I wrote a blog post. It's about trauma and it's about Chile. I wouldn't call it articulate or structured, but it is some thoughts and feelings, and a very personal perspective on the situation. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Link in bio.
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#chile #ptsd #dignity — 18 0

My mum was getting irritated...

El Faro y el Cruz del Tercer Milenio.

Another little painting done on the beach here in La Serena. Things remain unpredictable in Chile. I'm frequently frustrated by supermarkets being closed just at the hour I get to the door and how plans are always uncertain, even up to the last minute.

Eventually though the abnormal becomes normal.
#momentsketchers #watercolour #aquarella #sketchbook #Chile — 37 2

El Faro y el Cruz...

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