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,
Tag: Reinvention
Putting the meaning back into giving
Black Friday is all set to spark the frenzy of festive season buying: you know, when we spend money we often can’t afford on things
Freeing ourselves from supporting harm
Could giving up buying new clothes be the biggest personal change you can make for the environment? That’s what The Guardian asked in an article on
It’s a 7 thing
Seven. It shows up everywhere, from major religions to popular book titles. Naturally, the days of the week, the wonders of the world, the continents
My happy jeans with karma
Today, I am wearing my most beautiful jeans and they are making me feel happy, so happy that I want to dance. Not even the
The power of getting lost
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
It’s okay to be potty
Our old wheelbarrow has worked so hard that it’s truly on its last legs … um, wheels. And I can’t wait for it to call
Power to you
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
The art of wasting time
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
On paper
Usually, we buy three newspapers a week: the Mail & Guardian on Friday, the local Daily Dispatch on Saturday, and the Sunday Times on, well,