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3 June 2015
I should not complain
I should not complain. I know that. But here I go again. I want my old routines back. Once upon a time I had this very comfortable routine ...
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12 May 2015
My work room
Virginia Woolf once said: A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction . I'm not sure I agree with that but...
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27 October 2014
Ageing and the art of slowing down
Wandering around our backyard, sitting under the elder tree, watching the birds fly and admiring the vegetables in the straight rigid lines...
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4 August 2014
Slowing down and simplifying life
A recent poll in The Guardian gave a good indication of widespread hope, all around the world, of a simpler life. It also showed that most...
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29 July 2014
What I've been part of
Every so often Hanno and I leave our chores behind and go out for the day. We like to take the back roads, we stay away from crowds an...
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26 June 2014
Choices and how they change us
I received an email from a young woman the other day who told me that she's so conflicted about a choice she has to make that she's...
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18 June 2014
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
I have no doubt that a change of mindset towards a less complicated and busy life would help almost everyone pursue their simple life dream...
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6 May 2014
Reminders of what is important to us - home
Most of us live on the edge. Although we live in cities, suburbs, rural towns and out in the middle of nowhere, we choose to live apart fro...
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15 April 2014
Another milestone day
If you'd asked me when I was fifty, when I would start to feel old, I would have told you 80ish. I turn 66 today and I'm starting t...
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31 March 2014
Relaxation and the feeling of presence
This is one of my favourite photos of Jamie, taken on the evening of his first birthday. Look at that tummy! He was out in the garde...
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