Hello, hi and welcome to another episode of the Emmagan show and a midweek installment of bullet points.

Now I've been a little bit absent and a little bit

quiet recently so I thought I would tell you why.

Hello I'm Patty O'Donnell, color expert for Farron Ball and the host of our first ever

podcast, The Chromologists, where paint and color meet life. Each week we immerse ourselves in the

life and home of a different special guest, asking them to choose pivotal

colours that have shaped them on their life journey.

So join me as I explore colour with leading designers, artists, creators and performers. You can listen to the chromologist wherever you get your

podcast or learn more on the Farronball website. So you may have noticed that I have not been as active on social media, my early morning

asked me

and things have just disappeared and you will also have noticed on

this podcast that I have been repeating older episodes of this show

and there are a couple of reasons and I wanted to now that the sort of the worst is over now

that now that I'm through some of it I just thought I would explain why so firstly

life took a bit of a turn recently and I had to down tools for the best part of it

ended up being a whole month to be there for my family and it's been really

stressful unsettling and challenging but things feel as though they're leveling out a little bit now and I'm feel as though they're leveling out a little bit now

and I'm slowly getting back into something resembling my old routine.

And I don't know about anyone else,

but when things get tough, I tend to disappear.

And I know it's not a great coping mechanism,

and it might be something resembling,

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