The facts are so plain and simple – we do not need commercial detergent anywhere near our own or our family’s skin and we do not need it polluting our environment any longer! Whilst I was researching my liver detox, I read about the dangers of everyday chemicals in our homes and was absolutely astounded to … Continue reading »
I have always been very keen to live by the seasons and live according to the sun, I know that our exquisite metabolic balance depends on it. For a while now, I have been taking a stroll outside at dawn and dusk. This is so that natural light falls on my eyes in these transition times … Continue reading »
Every single day for the last month I have written everything down in a diary; every piece of food I have eaten and every time I have eaten it. This is because I have come to learn that after reading so many conflicting diet stories in books, I know that actually, the buck stops at … Continue reading »
I have just been reading a great post over at Jack Kruse (thanks Dexter) about circadian rhythms and seasonal eating. Although there is a lot of science contained on this site, I believe that the basic premise rings true: we should be eating like our ancestors ate because even though our brains have changed to … Continue reading »
Three perfect things about today: Spending an hour collecting fallen wood for fire kindling on the other side of the river, all four of us, a family. Picking up damp, moss-covered branches looking distinctly like deer antlers and being reminded of all the riches of autumn. Lying on the sofa with the sun slanting in … Continue reading »
Saw the moon low in the sky at 3 in the morning and for a moment had the overwhelming feeling that I was in a small hut overlooking a primal scene with only a few other people living on the planet. I felt ancient and the forest surrounded me. There is something about the moon … Continue reading »
I watched a program about the solar system last night; a beautiful, moving, gargantuan piece about the planets out there, with amazing photographs of the worlds far off and close up. I witnessed the first landing on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, by a bug the size of a shoe box, saw polished stones on … Continue reading »
The sun is now creeping down the side of the valley by 7.30 a.m. and by then I was scrambling up the mountain this morning in my vibrams. Such a joy to scramble up and cross the moss-covered stones, overhanging branches and little waterfalls and see the deep forest waking up. My feet are longer … Continue reading »
