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I ended up, regretfully, cancelling my month long trip to Australia. Unfortunately the exchange rate was tanking (CAD$ to UK£) and it was going to be too expensive for me to justify. I was comfortable at what the cost was going to be when I booked it over a year ago, but when it came time to pay the balance... Nope.

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I've tried to do Inktober a few times in the past, and many other monthly prompt challenges, and have never managed to get past, maybe, five days before losing the plot. I might try again. I finished the Masters degree, my p/t job is only 10 hours a week, no deadlines this year, no trips booked, so I should have time to be able to set an amount of time to actually draw daily...

My last remaining sibling passed away last Friday. She hadn't been well for many years and was a permanent hospital resident for the last couple as her conditions were so serious she needed full medical attention pretty much 24/7. I don't have specific details (she was in Canada and I'm in the UK) but she had been seriously ill the last time we communicated in mid-August.

First is the MA Showcase at the The Levinsky Gallery at the University of Plymouth which opens tomorrow. There is a reception on Thursday, September 18th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Then opening on September 22nd and running to the 28th in Paignton, is a joint show with Anna Goodchild (a fellow MA Fine Art grad!) We'll both have work for sale, including cards, prints, and gift items.

Back at the beginning of July I tripped while walking the dog... ambulance ride, admitted to hospital... blah blah blah, and four sets of x-rays, a CT scan and an MRI. Won't bore you with the long list of injuries but the top two are my front two teeth got broken - one sheered right off half-way and the other only lost a corner, and the other is an "undisplaced fracture of the trapezium" - right hand, of course.