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A few of my favourite things
12 December 201912 December 2019 Janette Bennett

A few of my favourite things

Environment, Sustainable living, Technology, Work-life

My most favourite things right now are a small inverter, two water tanks and a sense of humour. It’s been hard to keep the latter when the foremost givens – access to clean piped water and a reliable electricity supply

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I’m planting trees. Are you?
5 December 20196 December 2019 Janette Bennett

I’m planting trees. Are you?

Environment, Technology, Trees, Work-life

Every single time I do an Internet search, I am planting trees. Yes, you read that correctly. And you might have noticed that I did not say, “Every time I Google.” That’s because I changed my Internet browser from Google

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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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Let there be light (and TV)
2 August 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Let there be light (and TV)

Technology, Work-life

Wrapped up in a fluffy blue blanket, I am shivering behind the wheel of my stationary car. It’s night time, somewhere in the middle of a 40-hour power outage, and I am listening to my car radio. It’s the only

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Power to you
4 June 20128 January 2020 Under the milkwood

Power to you

Life, Reinvention, Technology, Work-life

When my children were very little people, they asked me if I’d been “alive when the dinosaurs were alive”. When I stopped laughing long enough to answer them, they declared with certainty that it was their granny, my mother, who’d

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Bubbling from the pot
14 May 201221 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Bubbling from the pot

Life, Work-life

I’m sitting here, quietly watching the sea, when the peace is shattered by raucous laughter – my own, that is. I am giggling with my cousin, Vick, who happens to be in London. We chat all the time, you see,

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The art of wasting time
25 April 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

The art of wasting time

Life, Reinvention, Work-life

In my former life, I had a “proper” job and tried my best to be a decent mother (mothers are always full-time, no matter what else they are doing). I was far too busy to waste time on things like

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Here and now
27 March 20126 December 2019 Under the milkwood

Here and now

Garden, Life, Trees, Work-life

Not that long ago, I clawed and sweated my way along the corporate ladder. This was the done thing, so it seemed, and I worked hard to meet the goals that my society taught me were good. When I was

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