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Soul Rocks

Jamie and I walk along the beach and, like a kind of running joke, we say again how bloody happy we are here. How ridiculously lucky it feels to have a wild, wi...

there is no need for poetry 💥💣🚀

there is no need for poetry when life is this easy— this morning a kangaroo ripped at wet grass as I rode through cold light magpies tearing at each other black...

Not Happy, Jan - But Happy 🫶🏻🥹❤️‍🩹

You know when people tell you that things happen for a reason, or to tell you something, like to slow down or to rest or whatever? Bollocks. There’s a particula...

Preventing a Terrible Death with an Easy Knitted Cowl (or Two)

Imagine having the kind of death that even decades - centuries - after your demise, someone's doing something and thinks of it. As I experiment with knitting co...

hare-brained schemes

We hadn't been long after the last update when we accidentally acquired more stuff. We had returned to Bunnings much sooner than anticipated as we had forgotten...

Share Your Gardens at the Beginning of April!

As the year goes on, we're getting more of you posting about your gardens. Whilst the warmer climate gardeners are more consistant, and in the south we're plant...

Three Cool Things on Hive You Might Have Missed

Every now and then I come across an app or tool on Hive that’s worth writing about. I always mean to review it, I don’t always follow through, though I apprecia...

I Built a Tool to Save Curators From Burnout

Alright, the title might be a bit clickbait-y :D If we’ve ever done manual curation on Hive, really done it, consistently over time, we know how it goes. We ope...

Collecting books since I was ten —

This is a post to go with monthly challenge from Hive Collectors community. BOOKS!!! I've already touched this topic; more about my library in other posts here:...

Ghosts

'Can you be haunted by a ghost who hasn't become a ghost yet' my niece asks, her eyes earnest and reflecting the last of the leaves outside the glass of her roo...

Getting started on Hive: What you really need to know!

If you've just discovered Hive, it can be a bit overwhelming at first. There are so many different apps, keys, tokens, voting power, communities and features an...

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade...

Back in the 1960's my father planted a lemon tree. Of course, he never expected much as he lived in a state with bad winters and it was in a pot. Over the years...

Midweek Growers Conversation - Win Hive!

It's hump day again - well, in Australia, we are over it, and this silly camel forgot it was Wednesday! THat's okay, it's not too late to join in to win!Thanks ...

I'm in Love With Sandy

Even though I've been in a lot of hip pain over the last three months, I've worked hard to strengthen them to the point I can ride a bike. I think as I'm moving...

Make Way for the Living

It's a complex thing, grief, with sharp angles. I can be tracking along nicely along some line, feeling Dad recede in the rearview, comfortable with this new wo...

A Shepherd’s Path through Tarifa and Vejer

A Shepherd's Path There is a specific kind of stillness you find in the white-washed alleys of Vejer de la Frontera. Standing on the edge of the old town fortif...

Week 49: Garden Map

Welcome to Week 49 of the Hive Garden Question! Lst week's QOTW (question of the week) was centred around feel good moments in the garden. I mean, seeing a butt...

My political leanings, 2026

I've been pondering this for a while now. For a long period, I refused to call myself left or right because living in China, that simple dichotomy makes very li...

An Absolute Bargain - Planning Our Winter Heat & An Awesome Second Hand Find!

Remember the Friday Ads or the Trading Post? Depending on where you were in the world, I'm sure you had a local paper for second hand goods. I remember pouring ...

Garden Hump Day - Comment to Win on Wednesdays!

It's hump day! Maybe we should have a camel doing the garden for our thumbnail! Thanks to everyone who joined in last week! If you missed last week... Comment o...