Did I mention, simple? If you’ve gone grain-free, the first thing you might be struggling with is breakfast. Not just because it’s the first meal of the day. Most of us are used to breakfast as a quick, no-cook meal; apart from the occasional cooked weekend pancakes or eggs. A couple of slices of bread …
Should we care that the last Hawaiian tree snail has died? Because this is how the new year of 2019 began, with the extinction of yet another of earth’s creatures. A humble mollusc. The Hawaiian tree snail. The last one in existence, friend to school children, 14 years old and the lonely survivor of his …
What does it mean to connect with nature? Does it mean taking off your shoes to walk on beach sand once a week? A regular hike or swim? Gardening with your gloves off? Standing outside in a rain shower? Camping out under the stars like I’ve just spent a day or two doing; every now …
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” W.B.Yeats The past two years of re-learning life, and food, have been exhausting for this mama. Three years ago, a doctor in ICU told me this: “There is a very real possibility that your son won’t live.” Fuelled by this, …
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth Today, there was nothing in the house to eat. Three small potatoes, a couple of ageing carrots, a floret of broccoli, less than a floret of cauliflower, half an onion, 2 mushrooms. And an …
“How did it get so late so soon?” Dr Seuss Every moment, we’re spending time. As a school-free mama, a lot of my time is spent worrying that I’m not doing it right: parenting. Homeschooling. Life. Recently, I’ve come to a conclusion: I don’t care if I get it wrong. It doesn’t matter if I …
“The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.” Sharon Creech. We come to the shore, because we’ve been invited. The invitation is unspoken, unwritten, undemanding. Open—there’s no set time. We are simply welcome, should we want or need to visit. We hear that welcome …
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. LAO TZU You have one life. Rush it, and you will miss it. That’s the #1 reason to slow down. Simplistic, but true: a truth I realised after I turned forty. While I raised a glass to the glory of my life on this beautiful planet, I tried to fathom …
“It’s opener there, in the open air.” DR. SEUSS. Sometimes, you need to come up for some fresh air. You stand before an ocean of stuff. The haters are piling in with their judgements, and you judge yourself harder than any of them could. Self doubt. Overwhelm. Stifle. Sometimes you don’t feel the glut …
