For Valentine’s Day we went to the tip and made baked beans from scratch! Is it possible to get more romantic than that? I have always been a hoarder. I learnt it from my grandparents who lived through the Great Depression and kept EVERYTHING. I still have my grandmother’s pill Read more…
Recognising how much we take from the earth and don’t give back Today I ‘left no footprint’ and for the first time in my life gave back to the earth more than I took out of it! I knew in advance it was going to be a rare sunny day, Read more…
Today I made hankies, started a hanky box, and filled two hanky tins! I love hankies, but my husband doesn’t. Neither do our boys. So the men in my family go through lots of tissues. Today I decided to pull out all the scrap fabric I had around the house Read more…
Today I focused on metal and peace Today the ‘fierce urgency of now’ prompted me to take TWO actions: one focused on the preciousness of metal, and one focused on doing everything we can to maintain peace. I went on a Treasure Hunt for metal around the house and have Read more…
The kids came home this week so I started stacking! My boys came home for the first time since they’ve had Covid. I’ve been just so ecstatic to see them again, but this morning I found myself asking: how on earth could I squeeze another action to restore planetary health Read more…
We are nature No two one of us are alike. We’ve all grown up with different aesthetics, different expectations, different pressures, and different anxieties. I grew up in a whole different era. I was made to feel embarrassed about having fine limp hair in the era of the bouffant hairdo. Read more…
We made the switch Blue Mountains City Council made the announcement in December that it is to be powered by 100% renewable energy (see below) and we want to make sure we are too! The new Greenpeace Green Electricity Guide came out this week and I was thrilled to see Read more…
Love Local Growers Our wonderful growers are facing a second year of difficult weather conditions as they work to bring us fresh and healthy, locally-grown food. I’ve struggled with my home garden, and it’s been a hard year too at Blackheath Community Farm, so I was delighted, as my NEW Read more…
The final barrier Last week I overcame a range of barriers to finally ride my bike to Blackheath Community Farm instead of driving. Just doing something once, however, doesn’t constitute real change, so this week we added a basket to my bike so I wouldn’t have the excuse of not Read more…
Today my new action was to turn used olive oil & ashes to soap It’s been such a cold wet week that we’ve resorted to hot chips and log fires. That’s meant, however, a big jar of used olive oil that I couldn’t bear to just throw out. I’ve always Read more…
On feeling intense relief at finally doing what I’ve wanted to do for such a long time I have been dependent on buying sanitary pads for over 40 years. I expected to no longer need them after I stopped menstruating, but as a mother who birthed twin boys, I’ve now Read more…