It’s day 4 over here, and I’m feeling the rising energy in me as I shift out of my inner winter. I use my menstrual cycle as a faithful guide to set the pace of my month, and I try to take things as quietly and softly as I can during my period. Every time […]

I’ve been thinking about the cost of living a lot lately. My DH (dear husband) and I made a move toward simpler living almost 2 years ago. It was a long-held dream for both of us to move to the country, pull back from the rat race and work toward living a sustainable life. Many […]

We’re still nursing a sick little one, who now has conjunctivitis on top of his cold. Quite the induction to daycare! Which has meant staying close to home for most of the day in the warmth and going about things quietly. DS1 is all rugged up and snug in his off-road pram and DH has […]

Barely one week into daycare and we already have the first case of the sniffles in this household. DS1 has been cutting his first molars as well, so all in all he hasn’t been the happiest chap. It’s at these times I find I begin to wobble a bit, the lack of sleep, watching my […]

I’ve been the proud gardener of a herb and vegetable plot for one year now. Despite being a gardener in my heart, we’d been living between Melbourne and Sydney for 8 years before we moved to the country in Central Victoria, so all I could manage were herbs and flowers in pots. But now we […]

I’m happy to report that the first drop-off at daycare went smoothly for all of us! DS1 went straight about inspecting all the interesting things in the classroom and I was able to transition to a lovely morning of catching up with a friend for a coffee, picking up some seeds to plant in the […]