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Crazy World

ByMiriam

I read the craziest thing today – in fact I am having difficulty believing it myself. What do you think of this? From Feb 2009 it will be illegal in America to sell hand-crafted toys or clothing for children. I have to read that sentence a few times and I am still having trouble with…

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Day 3 refugee camp, France

ByMiriam

Guest Post from Colette Ní Eachtarn (a friend who doesn’t have a blog… yet. Her words need to be heard) ————————————————————– Day 3 on the ground in ‘The Jungle‘, Calais, France. An emotional day today for the whole team. From the minute we stepped into the camp it seems. Again the medical team were out…

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Loss and letting go

ByMiriam

Loss is never easy. Letting go can be difficult too. I lost a wonderful friend and teacher last week when after a long illness she passed away peacefully. I am grateful to have had this friend in my life for the last seven years or so, I can’t count the blessings that have followed me…

Red Squirrel

ByMiriam

What joy! This morning as we drove down the hill what crossed the road in front of us but a beautiful red squirrel! What a lovely sight. For a moment we could not make out exactly what we were looking at as this strange little creature ran across the road, he didn’t seem to be…

Simple Living

ByMiriam

I copied these question from another blog so long ago that I cannot remember where I got them – apologies to the blogger who should be getting the credit for them. Thanks to the blogger who gave me the bones for this post. I imagine that it must have a simple living blog of some…

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Compost Tetris

ByMiriam

Over the last few weeks I have been slowly doing the almost yearly job of moving compost from one bin to the next. Our compost gets turned twice before it is considered ready for use. We have five compost bins and of course there is a system for how we utilise them. We use a…

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