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It seems logical to me that the first Geeky Wednesday post is about the method that I use to connect to the internet. As you know if you are a regular visitor here, I live off-the-grid, which in general terms means that my household is not connected to the electricity grid, using instead alternative energy…
In The Clouds
ByMiriam
Today we are fog bound, we can only see about 100 metres. It’s a dense, wet fog, the kind that stills sounds and feels really cold. We even lit a fire this morning and that very rarely needs to happen, especially in October. This week we had a beautiful, hot, sunny day. Right from sun-rise…
Staying Warm
ByMiriam
I was browsing through my blog-reader today and enjoyed this post by Rachel. In fact it got me writing about something I had forgotten to mention – our latest central heating advancement. No, we have not gone mad and had oil fired central heating installed but we have improved the heating which we get from…
We Are The Ones
ByMiriam
The excerpt below is taken from the website of the relocalization organisation, I have neither added nor changed it… It is beautiful and so very clear… http://relocalize.net/about/relocalization Community Works A Hopi Elder Speaks “You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that…
Making Choices, Setting Priorities
ByMiriam
It can be difficult to make choices sometimes. There are times when I really want to do two things and I simply can’t, then it comes down to setting priorities. I need to decide which choice to make based on what is important right now rather than what I would really rather do. Sometimes I…
Building Dreams
ByMiriam
We had good weather to work on our house building project today after I got back from getting some building supplies. The first floor joists were put in this afternoon and it is really satisfying to see them sitting on the beams that span the “stilt” style foundations. We have a very sloping site and…