In shifting my focus from wanting, pursuit and void filling, I am able to become open to receive. There is no longer a need for me to follow the well worn consumerist tracks that lead to empty promises. I am blessed to have the privilege and capacity to experience abundance. It has more to offer […]
“The purpose of life is to unlearn what has been learned and to remember what has been forgotten.” ~Sufi Saying This week, a friend of mine said that she has been finding ‘living simply’ to be really stressful. Perhaps it was the five children whirling around us, or lack of sleep, but whatever it was, […]
Reductionism. Rob and I have been commenting a lot during discussions in our home about this phenomenon. It is one we come up against again and again. One which permaculture seeks to override with its tenet of ‘integrate don’t segregate.’ Our culture often tries to reduce things to their very essences in an attempt to […]
My eldest son is growing too tall for his current snowsuit. In an effort to secure something for him before he has to bare his stomach in the winter weather, I posted a ‘want ad’ on kijiji (an online garage sale of sorts) asking if anyone had a snowsuit in the correct size that they […]
We have been on a journey to reduce the amount of processed food in our lives for quite some time now. I have found that I have food sensitivities to just about everything processed (namely corn, wheat, sugar, and preservatives like sulphites or citric acid – which oddly enough is usually sourced from corn). Because of […]
Last week was pretty crazy. Between the flu running its course and attempting to return to regular routines, I wasn’t sure how I had managed life before the holidays. The reality is that what last week was, was not my life at all, it was some sort of purgatory. I feel like we’re back now. […]
I was recently sent the link to a beautiful article published in The New York Times about how the introduction of man-made light has had an enormous impact on our levels of consumption. Here is an excerpt from the article: “In the modern world, petroleum may drive our engines but our consciousness is driven by […]
We dream about moving to a larger property. We’d like to move somewhere with enough acreage to house some livestock, with 10 or more acres. We would love to build our own natural home or earth ship. We would love to live off the grid. The dream world looks so beautiful. But when my bleary dreaming eyes […]
This past weekend we attended a trading post organized and hosted by friends of ours. This was the first event of its kind that had been hosted and attended. The day was beautiful in every possible way. There was a giant glowing Christmas tree, good food, but most of all great people. So this is how […]
We recently did an overhaul of my children’s toys. We looked carefully through all of their things, and decided which things were ready to move on to a new home. We talked about making room for the new things that are about to come into our lives at Christmas, and how we needed to make […]
