I am still alive and kicking but have been struggling to find the head space and / or make time for writing lately. There has just been so much going on in @clareartista and my life, as we have been preparing

Funny how attached we can get to our favourite things. I didn’t realise just how much I loved these red shoes until I thought I might have to say goodbye to them. I accidentally made a hole in it today

A wild windy night leaves me feeling rattled: feeling the fresh breeze around the edges of our duvet, and thinking in my stupor that a falling metal cat dish was a precious tile crashing off of our

This week has us riding in increasingly high waves of great gifts, just when we felt like the change of season might get the better of us (again!) this year! Once we committed to fetching our stove and

Another sunset on our homestead... Another day of unfinished projects, postponing so-called priorities but managing to feel good about it, just going with the flow. We started the day with a nice fire,

I wrote a longer post on this subject, which you can read over on our Goed Life Patreon pages here and wanted to riff here also, as our decentralised and our truly alternative communities have additional

So Autumn has apparently started and as it likes to do, it has brought along its friends: wind, rain and cooler weather. Yesterday afternoon, @clareartista decided that it was about time to start sleeping

Our first pomegranate made our day, when we gorged on it for (first) breakfast, with large cups of Earl Grey tea. A cold day, raining and muddy. We just smudged and blessed our new bedroom, though: looking

At the moment around the farm, there’s a LOT of red to be seen. Some of the trees aren’t quite turned enough to get a big hit of red but there’s plenty everywhere else. The tomatoes from the last harvest

The evening is drawing in. We are just back from a long walk around our land, snipping here and there at olive twigs and seeding dandelion-family plants, picking up walnuts and movibg rocks from the developing

Two days ago, when I was getting us some fresh water from the fountain near our land, I noticed this funny vehicle parked nearby. It probably belongs to a neighbour ( or his brother - they seem to be

We are so very busy, and tired, and trying to pace ourselves through all our priorities - whilst weather changes most rapidly, around us... In the meantime, I'm sooooooo enjoying my sewing!!! This is a

I took this sneaky picture of Clare enjoying an early earl grey tea, around 6:40 this morning. She is not looking at the orange gloves ( that she wore yesterday to cement some stone steps in our future

This week has been (even more!) heavenly (than usual): cloudy skies, proper rain, figuring out some tricky issues with our houses, and the most precious day with @vincentnijman for my 53rd birth day

The rain has returned to our part of Italy again and it sure has led to some inpressive views. It makes a difference, if you ask me, if you've got the space to enjoy it. 'cause let's be honest, clouds

Just when I was thinking chronic hip pain was going to be my fucking life, a Bowen therapist handed me a book, suggesting that there were a few things about how my pain was presenting that suggested it

The white dress is complete! From pillow case and duvet cover, to cutting additional lengthening strips from a vintage sheet, to scraping free time from between sessions breaking up old cement, hammering

The season changed!! We are suddenly launched into a new dimension: able to work, rest, play a great deal more (co)creatively! We've loaded the car up with cement and roof paint, and are bracing for the

Throughout the night and during the day, we were blessed with rain, several times. Even though the sun still shone strongly, in between the moments of wetness, it already feels so much better. It has cooled

Sometimes clouds say more than words...