Ottoline’s journal
December 2024
4 entries this month.
Stayed for the company
week 28warm energy 34 replies
The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Somebody new tonight,…
Nine minutes
week 27heard energy 1
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. Enormous difference. She reduced one of…
Six labelled boxes
week 26organised energy 2
A brief account of the week. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. New sharps bin,…
My mother cooks
week 25warm energy 21 reply
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who…