#slowliving

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

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

Her legs believed the voice before her eyes could check it. Two years of Sundays, and one sentence she has only ever said to a hedge and a bakery window. He never asks, she always comes, and they both

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

Have you ever gotten the feeling that the world is losing its color — that it's turning into a black-and-white photograph? Facades that are more and more often just gray and white. Living rooms you walk

Sometimes you just need to sit and let the world slow down. 🌿 Grass under me. A lake in front of me. Trees on both sides. And that skyline in the distance reminding me how big the world is. No notifications.

No one warns you that effort can become a hiding place — that discipline is sometimes just a rhythm your body trusts more than questions.

We had a wonderful long chat in the tent last night before sleeping, with the orange moon rising slowly above the mountains in front of us. @vincentnijman and I unfolded some of our fears and vision around

The key still hangs on her ring, though it hasn't opened a door in eleven years — kept less out of habit than as proof of a year she never once described to the family who thinks she's always been fine

There are times when we think we're a bit crazy for throwing ourselves into homesteading like this... But it is rare; mostly only when someone directly accuses us of rashness, madness or irresponsibility.

There is a strange, unnamable quiet that settles into the room when a long chapter of waiting suddenly reaches its end.

There are situations when the best way to finish a hectic week is to organize a comfortable ritual right in your house. And it is not necessary to make a big celebration, on the contrary, there is some

Wow - today marks one full year since we first set foot on our land... We've been looking back on our time here, seeing how far we've come and what has already been achieved: this helps immensely in how

Option 1: Peaceful & Reflective ​"Escaping the hustle and bustle for a moment of peace. There’s something so grounding about watching life move at its own natural pace in the village. 🌿✨"

our new 'fridge'! We are in the temporary 'kitchen' of our new home, having eaten our first meal in this house. A simple affair, as we haven't brought our cooker down yet. We're satiated and hydrated,

We spent the early morning and then the afternoon and evening yesterday, working on our new house. At last the word came from the owner's daughter, that all he needs is a big roll of yellow hose, and a

As @vincentnijman referenced recently, it has been hard to get into sharing this month, as things have been pushing us to the edge of sanity - and beyond, in places! We rarely rant excessively, epecially

Hallo Dear Hive Garden Friends! It has been a long while since I shared in this community, as we've been deep in our #sovereignhomestead journey, and sharing over in Hive's Homesteading group: life has

I've been sitting by this window for three days now, and the mountains haven't changed their mood once. The mist hangs low over the valley, the same thickness each morning when I wake, the same weight

I spent the afternoon in one of the college passages, the kind where light moves slowly across stone and you lose track of time without trying. There's a particular quality to these spaces, the way centuries