This week is tough - and glorious! Following three days of being laid out by extreme back pain, the fresh cool winds and glaring sunshine bring me back to my senses: life is miraculous here on our

Ciao Tutti! I've been at my sewing table again this week, as a way of grounding and calming myself, amidst much excitement pending our acquiring of the house and land next door to our #sovereignhomestead

How our world has changed in one day! Last week we began looking more earnestly at our 'financial situation' and to consider asking for help. A couple of days later we spoke to Vincent's dearest mamma,

The very concept of ‘sustainability’ in homesteading has long been both a means of keeping people off of the land and, for those who are already on it, keeping them striving and straining (rather than

This is the bag that took so very long for me to finish: there is something rather special about a thing that has to be put aside for a good while – for me, it creates a tension that is like a bow string

Another potent rainy day on our #sovereignhomestead and I wake up from a much-needed nap after a very short night, as @vincentnijman graciously brings me hot soup on the 'sofa'... I'm snuggled in under

Beautiful Needlework Friends! I've been back at the sewing table this week, at last - and have already finished a very nice (in the end, started months ago!) bag, and very nearly completed another pair

We have begun receiving guests on our land; what a different reality it is, bringing others here! ❤️‍🔥🪷💝 For myself, as a woman, this helps me holistic-ally, to ground myself, and to remind me of my

stripping burdock stems, in the rain, hence my burdock leaf hat 🤭 I just finished an online meeting with the Blessings Of Liberti discourse, in the New Earth Sovereignty Academy. It is 3 am, and there's

Well, Friends... This is not something we thought to expect... a more dramatic effect on the landscape of our property certainly would not have been possible, without this major intervention by Mother

stuck on the road without petrol, yesterday I’m having a small adventure on my own for some days: yesterday I made a very water-challenged trip in the car alone, back to Guardia Sanframondi. In part to

A fierce wind has been tearing through our land - and our house! - for a few days, and we have been awake a lot. We've been wrestling with mud, perpetual dampness, low resources and worries about the longterm

The myriad friends, family, community and even strangers who have asked me about real Freedom, have rarely liked the discussion that ensued... I've usually tried to speak to my own Freedom, Sovereignty,

a cabbage stump pyramid - potentially propogating... We just got through a(nother) tough few days, and I'd be worried about dwelling on the drama and milking attention from the audience, if we hadn't risen

This week is very, very wet... A delight of course, philosophically and in terms of the flourishment of our land: we are seeing the water well fill, the green leafy plants proliferate, the soil become

This bag project has been wrestled with for around a month now - even if I felt originally that it should be a quick one..... 😁😇🤨 I left the lovely main strap - possibly the bag's best feature! - back

wild narcissi from our land Today was a wonderfully enriching day, largely due to our stepping out freely and acting spontaneously. And because of connecting with multiple folks - in real life and online

My dear Hive Friends - and those interested in a deep-dive around these most turbulent times of Revelation, Here is The Art Of Life podcast Listen to this episode on Fountain Listen to this episode on

So Vincent and I have been talking today in particular, around what the state of our human situation is (or might be). This podcast we're both listening to, is a powerful transmission that is informing

Dear Homesteading and Hive Friends! This is an exciting and upwelling week: I've finally managed to identify a few plants, one of which I've been asking around, about.... imaged above and below this paragraph: