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…
Do I have to? How often were those words uttered in childhood and still they go through my head today? There were a few things I “have to” this week – dreaded paperwork and menu planning. Paperwork – need I say more? Never my favourite occupation – it’s not that I can’t, it’s more that…
Simple living and sustainable living are not necessarily the same thing, although the terms may seem to be interchangeable for some people. That might sound like a strange opinion (hey, it’s only one of many) but the difference lies in what sustainable means, or indeed what it means to you or to me. It is…
Isolation and remoteness – I thought that they were fairly straightforward concepts until we moved to the hill. There was the occasion when we gave very clear directions to our place and my friend rang and said – “I thought I was following the directions correctly but I came to a track that nobody would…