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Category Archives: Life
The little things…To say I was having a rough week, would have been a great understatement. I set up my study a few weeks ago, finallyView full post » 
Tea to meditate to.“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, withoutView full post » 
When you grow up“When I grow up I’m going to be a princess farmer fairy… what are you going to be when you grow upView full post » 
Starved by adviceI’m confused. Aren’t you? Our food industry is so saturated with fad diets and advice that I’m sureView full post » 
Be less busy.“Action expresses priorities.” ― Mahatma Gandhi When someone asks you how you are, do you often find yourself replyingView full post » 
Taking StockI try to do this once a season. To take ten minutes to sit and look inwards, to catch up with where I am right now. IView full post » 
Single {and parenting}photo by the beautiful Emma Galloway A few months ago, when Bo was not yet three, we were driving back from the cityView full post » 
For Mercy. For All.The world can be a really scary place and the control the government has over the media circus is always cause forView full post » 
A compassionate revolution.We concern ourselves so often with how we look, with the hair on our bodies, with the colour of our skin, with theView full post » 
The death of the dreamer.I killed the dreamer. It occurred to me a few weeks ago as I was tumbling through the pages of The Alchemist thatView full post » 
Listen up {Podcasts I love}We’ve been living TV free for a while now. It’s great. I watch movies on my laptop when I’m in theView full post » 
A certain kind of stillnessWe live in a world where everything seems to not only be getting faster and more frantic… but louder. Perhaps weView full post » 
Without words.“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” ― Jack Kerouac We spent the five days over EasterView full post » 
pictures of you.In the past 12 months I’ve been doing a lot of work behind my camera, it’s become a powerful skill thatView full post » 
ConnectedA couple of weeks ago Bo and I moved into our own home. A sweet little cottage with a greenhouse window in the kitchenView full post » 
Transitional Living.In July last year Bo and I moved out of our rental. As a part of our Nothing New Project I wanted to see if we couldView full post » 
To listen is to learn.There has been a lot of noise lately. A lot of it coming from me. I’ve spent the past 8 months of my lifeView full post » 
The Economy of Human ConnectionFour years ago I started my Masters in Social Change. I started studying this field seriously for a few reasons, firstView full post » 
How the light gets in.It was a few weeks ago now that I sat on the front porch of a friends home with the sun in my face and a book on myView full post » 
Week 51: ChristmasWe managed to avoid the shops completely this Christmas, with nothing to buy there was no reason for us to be anywhereView full post » 
Just JumpThere are times in our life where we are standing on a cliff face, with our history behind us and a world of unknownsView full post » 
The “No Buy” Gift GuideIt can be easy to forget that what we have in our lives is secondary, always, to WHO we have in our lives…View full post » 
Remembering“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, itView full post » 
Perspective“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have noView full post » 
This life…Isn’t life a beautiful thing? I sat and looked through my photographs from the last few weeks/months and IView full post » 
Taking StockAbout 10 days ago I had a mini existential crisis. This isn’t unusual for me. I have moments of great self doubtView full post » 
Joy“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thích NhấtView full post » 
Surrender“Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. WeView full post » 
Week 41: The art of living without shopping.People often ask me how I can live without shopping. Both friends and family seem aghast at times that this is what IView full post » 
Week 40: Back to RealityLike any wonderful thing that you spend days or weeks or months preparing for – when it’s over it feelsView full post » 
Calm + ConnectedLast weekend Bo and I escaped our everyday life and headed north, picking up one of my favourite people in the worldView full post » 
This {+Big News} lifeFor those of you who follow us on Facebook you will know that I have had some pretty massive news that I have been (notView full post » 
Finding answers“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ― Dr. Seuss We’ve found ourselves in anView full post » 
Shared“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ― Charlotte Brontë As parents we spendView full post » 
How do you determine the value of a life?Perhaps one of the biggest problems that we face on a day to day as a part of modern human society is how poorly weView full post » 
GrowOnce a month we head out to the farm that Bo and I lived on for a while when we first started our transitionalView full post » 
This life“I do not particularly like the word ‘work.’ Human beings are the only animals who have to work, andView full post » 
TwoI got divorced this week. On Tuesday morning I stood in regional family court in front of a magistrate, alone. NoView full post » 
A simple exchange“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ― Charlotte Brontë I got a message from aView full post » 
Week 29: The spaces between.The ebb and flow of our days changes at a whim these days. Our rhythm shifts with the home we live in, our days areView full post » |
