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Gwyneth’s journal

Valleys born. Blunt and warm.

46 entries from 24 Aug 2024 to 19 May 2026 · Aberdare, UK

  • Two lengths, badly

    Saturday 19 Oct 2024week 11pleased energy 51 reply

    This week: Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat.…

  • Awake at four

    Saturday 5 Oct 2024week 9tired energy 54 replies

    This week: The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying…

  • She read the diary

    Monday 23 Sep 2024week 7brisk energy 2

    This week: Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three…

  • Flat, whole night

    Sunday 8 Sep 2024week 5quietly delighted energy 21 reply

    Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now…

  • I have started

    Sunday 25 Aug 2024week 3hopeful energy 31 reply

    This week: Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one behind. I…

  • Beginning, badly

    Saturday 24 Aug 2024week 3hopeful energy 32 replies

    This week: The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading…