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30 September 2007
50 simple things
For most people, myself included, the transition to simple living is quite a long period of time. The idea is formed that it might be a poss...
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Vegetable gardening
We find the most difficult thing to manage in our garden is the continuity of supply. We go alright for a while, then it all falls apart. Cu...
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29 September 2007
Simple sounds
I never tire of the simple sounds of my home and garden. I suppose noise is that sound most people don't want to hear, but I welcome mo...
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A Spring afternoon
I took you all with me yesterday. I went to my friend Bernadette's home to pick up some cuttings and then down the road a bit to a meeti...
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28 September 2007
A special day
I met Hanno on my 28th birthday, he was 37. He was recovering from a divorce and the death of his daughter. Two years later we were married ...
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27 September 2007
Napkins and sauerkraut
The swapped napkins are starting to be received all over the world so I'll take this opportunity to remind everyone that the deadline fo...
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Grocery shopping
Shopping! {shudder} I did my grocery shopping yesterday from the comfort of my own backyard. Let me explain - I wrote a shopping list, Hanno...
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26 September 2007
Goodbye friend
We lost a guiding light yesterday. After much thought, Jewels has decided to make her wonderful journal, Eyes of Wonder , private again. No ...
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Herbs
These are photos of some of my herbs, taken this morning. This is yarrow, borage, parsley, oregano, with daisies, to attract bees, in the ba...
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25 September 2007
The organic house
Most of us see the sense of not spraying pesticides and herbicides in the garden, nor using chemical cleaners in our homes. There are many r...
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24 September 2007
Electricity usage
How are you all going with your electricity and water meter readings? I hope you have mastered the meters and are now doing weekly readings....
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23 September 2007
Sewing and mending
I moved into my new sewing room yesterday. I haven't got everything exactly as I want it yet, I'm using pieces of furniture I'd ...
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22 September 2007
Convincing your partner
One of the things I struggled with when I first decided I wanted to change the way we lived, was my husband's reaction to the change. He...
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Emails and the napkin swap
I've been very busy all week and haven't had a chance to reply to the many emails that have come in. I love getting emails, and lov...
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21 September 2007
Peak Oil and living the simple life
I try to be non-political in my blog. I don't really see the point of talking about what should be done when everyone has such widely di...
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20 September 2007
Happy birthday Lenny!
I hope you see this today. Everyone, Lenny is one of my adopted online daughters. I have several, some volunteered, some I claimed. : ) ...
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Our daily bread
This bread is incredibly easy to make. Today, instead of a loaf, I've made bread rolls. I'm having one soon with some tomato and...
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Living well on a pension
Michelle posed an interesting question over at aussieslivingsimply this morning. She asked "Is it possible to live well on the age pen...
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