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10 things I’ve learned in my year of no new clothes
8 September 20208 September 2020 Janette Bennett

10 things I’ve learned in my year of no new clothes

Handmade, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

For an entire year, I have not bought new clothes, driven by evidence of the harm the fast fashion industry does to the environment and the people who work in it. This was a big deal for me: I’ve always

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Facing up to the new normal
21 April 202021 October 2020 Janette Bennett

Facing up to the new normal

Coronavirus, Handmade, Life, Reinvention

If you’ve wondered why and how to make masks, then this post is for you. Making facemasks almost broke me. Apparently I saw the need for cloth masks to help in our battle against the coronavirus pandemic some time before

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The mask makers of Rhodes Village and Zakhele
9 April 202021 April 2020 Janette Bennett

The mask makers of Rhodes Village and Zakhele

Coronavirus, Eastern Cape, Handmade, Life, People, Reinvention

Celebrating ordinary people emerging as heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic Long before the dust started settling on the mask-or-not debate, people in Rhodes Village and its Zakhele township in the mountains near the South Africa-Lesotho border were crossing old barriers

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The power of needle and thread
4 March 202010 March 2020 Janette Bennett

The power of needle and thread

Handmade, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

The art of sewing is stepping out of the closet as we take a stand against mindless consumption of damaging fast fashion. The need and desire to sew rests deep in my bones. I learned to love it, very young:

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Evergreen joys
17 December 201917 December 2019 Janette Bennett

Evergreen joys

Environment, Handmade, Reinvention, Trees

Christmas, for me, is about being with people I care about. On the big Day, we gather to eat together, often under the milkwood trees, each contributing a favourite dish. And we always have a tree – never a plastic

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Today smiles on us
26 September 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Today smiles on us

Handmade, Life, Work-life

After weeks of foul weather, today smiles on us with sunshine and a cooling breath of wind. That breath is becoming a hot berg wind, though, and the heat is surely a warning that more foul weather is on its

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The power of getting lost
16 August 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

The power of getting lost

Handmade, Life, Reinvention, Work-life

My goal these days is to work (as in do paying work) for half the month and do life things, like garden and be with my people, for the other half. The thing is, I’m no longer immersed in weeks-long,

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