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17 November 2015
The making of Maggie
She came into my life as a flat pack kit all the way from Alicia Paulson in Oregon. The kit was beautifully presented, with good quality m...
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16 November 2015
How to develop self reliance
There used to be a time when there were no supermarkets - this was in my lifetime, few people owned a car or a phone, the only screens were...
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13 November 2015
Weekend reading
Maggie rabbit is almost ready for her public viewing. She'll be waiting for you on Monday. So will I. I hope you have a wonderful we...
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11 November 2015
How to store wool and cotton for knitting
I'm looking forward to receiving a parcel from Ecoyarns containing some of their beautiful 8ply hemp yarn. I also ordered two Malachit...
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9 November 2015
The fundamentals of simple life
Now that I'm not working at writing every day, my days have turned into splendid waves of sewing, waves of family, waves of cooking. It...
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6 November 2015
Weekend reading
The makings of a salad picked fresh from the garden during the week. Usually I make a ritual of sitting down to watch the first ball ...
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3 November 2015
Living off the land
I watched a BBC documentary on UTube while I was ironing yesterday. It showed a Hutterite community, living on the Canadian prairies, who ...
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2 November 2015
House > home > sanctuary
I remember the first day I walked into this house and then roamed around the back yard. We went down to the flowing creek, looked at the ma...
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30 October 2015
Weekend reading
It was back to summer bed linen for us this week although just after I did that, it rained for a few days and I regretted being so eager...
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29 October 2015
My favourite place #17 - final
This is the final week of my favourite place. My sincere thanks to all the readers who so generously sent in their photos so we could see t...
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