My first job on a refrigerated trailer didn’t last long. After three months it turned out that the company was ending its partnership with another company and changes were coming. The most important one

So, it’s time for another episode from the Life Behind the Wheel series. I hope you’ve been waiting for the continuation of my story from behind the steering wheel. Today I’d like to share a story that

Today I would like to invite you to another part of my Life Behind the Wheel series. This time I want to share the story of how it all started. How after 13 years of working in a corporate environment

So it's time for the next part of Life Behind the Wheel! 🚛 This time I would like to share my experience with the C+E category exam – that is the license that allows you to drive a truck with a trailer.

Winter Solstice, is one of my favourite times of the year. This pause, as we delve deeper into the darker nights and parts of our selves. It is a time when we are meant to slow down, something that I can

Yes, it looks like a tiny enchanted bonfire – but it’s actually one of the most theatrical fungi hiding on Europe’s woodland stage: CLAVARIA ZOLLINGERI, also charmingly nicknamed the branched candlestick

There are places you find on the road that completely surprise you — the ones you never planned, yet they stay with you for a long time. LA POINTE COURTE, a small fishing district of the town of SÈTE in

Hello Hive! 👋 I’m Dotka — a woman from Poland, behind the wheel and behind the lens. 🚛📸 After more than a decade in the corporate world, I decided to change everything. I left the office, traded my

I have not been very active on here the last few months, my life outside of Hive has been very busy. What with new jobs and growing girls, my days are full, full, full. I have surprised myself with how

My days have been long and productive. As I reach the weekend, with only one day off, I thought to look back over these last few days. I have been getting better at looking after myself. Both eating and

(That would be my handmade flags, flying up there in the middle of the photo. Feeling a little proud of myself.) I got to the site last Tuesday. It was an early start for me and my girls, as we were picked

I love the idea of moving through life, at a slower pace. Taking the time to really experience everything that comes my way. It is not always easy though. Even living as I do, out of the rat race, in my

It's been raining a lot lately, such sweet blessings for the earth. In the 10 years that I have been here, this is the most rain that I have seen fall. Everywhere is so fresh and green, everything feels

The positive effects living Minimally, has had on me. Well there are many, where to begin. Maybe with the obvious, the more things you have, the more time you spend thinking about said things. Especially

Oh to sit with my drum. My old friend, that I haven't connected with, in far too long, I sit on the couch outside, which rests against the truck. Looking out at the trees and mountains. My bare feet on

It's ever so hot these days. Summer is really in full flow, over here. I'm amazed at the amount of fluid I seem to be sweating out each day. The back of my neck for one, I'm trying to keep my hair tied

Before I let go for good, before I’ll watch you drive away with someone else, I just wanted to dedicate a few words to all these corners I had built with my own hands, the corners that felt like home in

I've done my time in the fast lane, rushing from here to there. Becoming so impatient, that I found myself standing in line, muttering under my breath, as I watched the cashier and the customer chatting,

These Days These days I wake up tired, my being stretched, as each day, I push myself to the limit. It's not forever I tell myself, yet it seems that way at times. This morning after doing some care work,

I've been living on this piece of land for just over a year now with my three girls. This past week, it has been raining almost non stop. When I arrived, I intended to park our home, next to some olive