Being kind to myself

Allowing myself to return to routine slowly, and with self-compassion

You are reading The Dwindle River Diaries, an artist & gardener’s journal from rural Aotearoa by Zenobia Southcombe.

Kia ora friends,

After a bad case of the flu, I have now had a chance to get back to near-normal. Yes, I have been getting sick a lot! I am putting it down to Long Covid combined with a stressful few years.

Of course, I’m now behind in every…