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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

We've had rather a fun week, these past 7-days; a lot of moments of lightness and laughter, rather than the usual rollercoaster. It has been a HUGE reprieve, at least for me, where the previous month or

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

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,

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

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

Hallo, Hive Podcasts Community, and friends who love podcasting! This podcast expands on a recent essay that I posted here on Hive: It unpacks the subject of transitioning from urban to rural living, and

Our wee hovel is coming along nicely! Today @vincentnijman and I had a glorious rainy morning working inside; scraping a ton of ancient, compacted dung off of the ‘floor’, bashing part of the ‘possibly

halo of kittens, as they warm up in the sunrise Dearest Hive Friends and Homesteaders, This post begins on a beautiful fresh afternoon, as we’re just back from a rather circuitous route to a market in

Dear Hive Homesteaders & Friends, My latest podcast speaking to The Art Of Life, can be found via the links below: Visit The Art Of Life on Spotify Visit The Art Of Life on Fountain Here I share a

Dearest Hive Friends and Homesteaders! our beautiful Cornus mas tree - one of them; we found 4 already! It is taking a while to appreciate it, but we have just crossed the threshhold into a new dimension:

Dearest Hive Friends! Our first days back on our new land (after a break back in Guardia to prepare for Vinalia and to pack more of our stuff for bringing here) have again been full to the brim with sensation,

Dearest Homesteading & Hive Communities, ginormous snail shells: looking forward to pasta alle lumache one day! What to write about, having been on our New Land for a handful of days, and then having