Nia's Forge

Women

Consent

A group email from the continuing education (CE) section at work sent a link to the video that has been doing the rounds for a long time, about likening consent to a cup of tea.  In case you haven’t seen this here is the link https://youtu.be/_607HC5OYdU?

Review

The Cove: LJ Ross

(mild spoiler alerts, although I’ve tried not to) This falls into a beach read that is a bit of a thriller.  The protagonist has something happen to them at the beginning of the story which shapes who they are as a person.  Their reaction to this event goes on

Women

Pick Me!

I have been reminiscing about my sixth form years (ages 16-18) and a few memories made me think about how we behave with each other and why. I feel really fortunate that in my last 2 years at school I finally made a group of friends and they are still

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Doctor Diaries: Just Another Manic Monday

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Found in a Bookshop, Stephanie Butland

This is a well crafted and beautifully written book about exactly that, books. In this case books in the context of a bookshop and how that bookshop is the centre of a gravitational pull that keeps the characters together. The bookshop owner, Loveday is an immensely solid, giving character that

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Dr Diaries, The On Call Disorder

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Terrain

Book Build

Women

Money Makes the World go Around, then why does gender come into it?

A friend of mine commented this week, as I went off on a conversational tangent about men complaining that women didn’t fight to pay for dates, they offer but when the man insists they quiesce, my point was that when women are paid the same as men, then men

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Almanac of Women

It bothers me that women have been erased from their accomplishments throughout history.  Generally the writing of men is believed, so when men write history and leave women out, it becomes fact. Because of time, it is impossible to know whether women who dressed as men, gave themselves male names

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Dr James Barry

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In A Thousand Different Ways: Cecelia Ahern

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Women

Breasts: Shameful or Shapely?

Thoughts

Chaotic Neutral Week

Sometimes I go through weeks that are just chaotic and nothing gets completed.  I’m not even sure why half of the time.  This week though I can look back and say work was hectic, I procrastinated A LOT, in the evenings I was tired and I am always less

Review

Confessions of a forty something f##k up by Alexandra Potter

I don’t usually ‘do’ chic lit and there is nothing about this book at first glance that would make you think it was anything else.  Sometimes though, there is something that makes me choose a book that is outside of my comfort zone.  This time it was because Sally

Women

Something About Respect

Hopefully it will not be necessary in the future to do this but I will add in a disclaimer right now, because men can take these discussions personally, I am not referring to ALL MEN, it is not all men but there are enough of them to warrant generalisation. Just

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Cauliflower Anyone?

This week I started preparation for a market.  This is an infill project for when I am bored with the larger making of things.  I thought I would start with some fruit and vegetables purely because I fancied making something with green stuff. Cabbages and cauliflower lend themselves to easily

Creating

Miniature Paint Storage Mountain

We recently ordered some new mini paints that the two of us will share in the hobby room.  To make sure we can both get to them when we need to, I thought about putting them in the wall units.  Making this more of an attraction I decided to build

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Natural Wild Woman Bivouac

This was made in three hours as a quick table top prop.  I wanted a place for the wild woman to live, she was described as having a ‘dwelling’ in a dungeon room that has a mud floor and swirling mists. In the garden I found some dead passion fruit

Thoughts

Patronising, pedantic or perfectionism?

I start this by laying my cards on the table, misuse of written and to some extent spoken English really bothers me.  Laying aside English as a second language (really would not dream of feeling affronted when it is not someone’s first language) there are words that have the

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Reading and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Creating

Gift Tower

Two friends got married at the weekend, we met through D&D and they wanted a wishing well for people to put their cards in but they wanted something that fitted them and their love of the game.   After procrastinating for many months I finally started the week of

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My First Ever Obstetrics and Gynaecology Shift

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Strahd’s castle map 5

I decided to go with just a map layout of Strahd’s castle so that I would have every floor ready for the party.  Any DM will know that you think you can predict where your party will decide to go but in the end there will always be a

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The Perfect Caesarean Section

I loved delivering babies during my time in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Admittedly it was mostly a bit hairy as doctors are only called in when things are a little difficult (translate: life threatening).  Another time I’ll have to tell you about my first normal vaginal delivery as a medical

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Imposter Syndrome, couldn't have done it alone....