Just wanted to share the beautiful Jessie, one of our rescued and rehomed Guinea Pigs. She was so relaxed last night, snuggled up on a blanket on my lap, that I just had to capture these photos of her!

Made a delicious vegan dinner for my family this eve! It was kind of an African stew pie, with delicious sweet potato, spinach and soya chunks inside. For anyone interested, here are brief instructions

I've not had time to do much art recently, so when asked by a friend to create some greetings cards to sell at a Christmas market in aid of a friend's healthcare fund, I was spurred into some much-needed

I remember not long after my first daughter was born, both my parents came to visit me to see how she was doing. We were having lunch and my mother quite causally said, " it wouldn’t be long until

My daughter spends about thirty percent of her time drawing, with one of her bedroom walls covered in her work. She recently started a new project drawing five full-size characters, using mainly Caran

Home education at it's best!

I'm not a fan of zoos in general, but Chester Zoo, along with some others in the world, really are doing a lot for conservation of animals and ecosystems in danger of extinction. It's not the place to

... food has never had tasty plant-based wings with homemade sauce.

Source With this, I remember a quote by Andy Rooney, a famous radio and television writer. He once said that, "The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person." And he said

Source Remember your childhood birthday days, when you used to be very excited to distribute toffees and chocolates in school with your best friend. You used to distribute toffees all through the school,

My friends over at @homeedders have issued a challengethis week dealing with homeschooled kids and the age-old (misguided) question, how will home educated kids learn to socialize? As a homeschool family

Today, I was reading a post by @plantstoplanks, you can find it here, that really reminded me about how cooking food can be good for the soul. I really love a good, solid family meal. The planning, the

Source Creating Change is not as hard as you think, we all hold the power to bring about change. There are numerous corporations around the world that are destroying the earth and that are harming humankind.

Introduction Hi everyone, greetings from @itchyfeetdonica! I'm struggling with the slow wifi at a mountain-top guesthouse in Kochi, Japan, but the view is stunning here. Enjoy another edition of #traveldigest

Greetings Natural Medicine enthusiasts and welcome to another edition of our weekly Mindful Life curation. This week we have a bumper harvest of particularly fine posts by writers from across the globe.

Sometimes I can really procrastinate over things. I get comfortable with my routine, and when something a little challenging or different comes up on the horizon, I start to distract myself in whatever

When considering home educating, a heap of questions go through your mind, from "what if I fail them?", to "how can I teach them?", but one common question that always comes up early

I read some advise from the Wildlife trust not to leave your bird feeders on ground level as hogs eat them. So I turned line into a pumpkin feeder full of peanuts and mealworms yummy!

My children love to draw, especially my daughter, who's been spending a few hours of every day drawing, for the past 3 years or so. She mainly works in pencil and pen, but has a real gift for digital art

Does public speaking scare you? Months ago I was approached by a conservation centre to do a talk to their supporters about the threats that orangutans face in their struggle for survival. The last time