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Category Archives: simplifying daily life
New Year Intentions: Being while Doing
Is it possible to feel good at the same time as getting shit done? This New Year I stood round a bonfire at a wonderful Buddhist retreat in the English countryside and made an intention to ‘combine doing with … Continue reading →
Posted in mindfulness, resilience, simplifying daily life, spirituality, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bertolt Brecht, Buddhism, capitalism, David Whyte, Good Woman of Setzuan, mindfulness, New Year, New Year intention, New Year resolution, Puritan work ethic, resolutions, work ethic, work-life balance
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The colour’s coming back in
Like post-war technicolour movies, colour has come back to the landscape, despite a winter which wouldn’t let go. In another throwback to the 1950s, the 2018 Doomsday Clock is now at two minutes to midnight, where it last was in … Continue reading →
Posted in mindfulness, politics, resilience, simplifying daily life, Uncategorized, urban living
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Tagged A Matter of Life and Death, activism, Doomsday Clock, Foraging, herbalism, Magnolia, mindfulness, nature, plants, urban, wellbeing
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Getting through January: with a little help from the starlings
8am on a gloriously bright January morning. The storm last night has washed the sky clean of cloud and the light is strong and clear, purged of dust. I should be getting ready for work but instead I’m lying up … Continue reading →
Posted in mindfulness, nature connection, nature writing, resilience, simplifying daily life, Uncategorized
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Tagged #forthemany, birds, Hampstead Heath, January, mindfulness, Mozart, nature, nature deficit disorder, office, Piano concerto no 17 in G, starlings, urban, urban wildlife, wellbeing
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Inner city mindfulness
The kernel of this blog is simplicity. If we could only move our lives back into simplicity, so many of our contemporary problems would diminish or depart entirely. And I find it ridiculously hard to do sometimes. The ‘things to do list’ only … Continue reading →
Posted in mindfulness, nature connection, simplifying daily life, spirituality, Uncategorized, urban living
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Tagged audio, mindfulness, music, sound, Thich Nhat Hanh
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A better life is possible – I’ve seen it
This blog started out as a record of my attempts to ‘escape the system’ and live more lightly and simply on the planet. Over time it’s become more focused on nature as a theme, and I’ve posted poetry as well as prose. … Continue reading →
Posted in nature connection, resilience, simplifying daily life, Uncategorized
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Tagged Allemansrätt, artists, Basic Income, creativity, cycling, equality, gender equality, Jantelagen, KKV, Lagom, Luleå, nature, Northern Lights, parental leave, Stockholm, Sweden, The Commons, The Equality Trust, The Spirit Level, wilderness, work culture, work-life balance
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Blast away winter blues with herbs
Seeing as I’m running workshops at a city farm to help people move to a simpler lifestyle, I’ll start sharing some of the learnings here. I’ve covered lots of different subjects in my workshops this year: growing on balconies and containers; … Continue reading →
Posted in DIY Food, nature connection, resilience, simplifying daily life, Uncategorized, urban living
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Tagged cuttings, depression, herbs, indoor garden, light levels, rosemary plant, SAD, urban gardening
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Simplicity and wildflowers Part 2: New London Meadows
All over London this summer, I’ve noticed wildflower and grassy meadows where before there was regularly mown grass. This is something I’ve been persuading landlords to do for the last year and a half, and now, suddenly, it seems to … Continue reading →
Posted in nature connection, politics, simplifying daily life, sustainability, urban living
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Tagged London, Meadow, nature, urban wildlife, Wildflower, wildflower meadows
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Simplicity and wildflowers Part 1
In my part-time day job, I attempt to sow wildflowers, food and inspiration in built-up urban areas. The idea is to make them healthier to live in, for both humans and other beings. Despite the huge benefits, there are many … Continue reading →
Heygate Urban Forest
As featured on the new nature. I lie on my back on the grass and watch the clouds, my view framed by hundreds of newly-budding branches arching above me. I’m the only person in this vast decanted housing estate, once … Continue reading →
Posted in forest gardening, guerilla gardening, nature connection, politics, simplifying daily life, urban gardening, urban living
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Tagged commoners, Elephant, Elephant & Castle, Graffiti, guerilla gardening, Heygate Estate, housing estates, inner city, London, social engineering, Tom Tinker, Urban forest, urban wildlife, wildlife
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Tree flowers
I’ve really enjoyed noticing flowering trees this spring, hungry for signs that the Narnian winter was on its way out. Many wind-pollinated trees put out tiny flowers before, or alongside, their leaves, as leaves can get in the way of … Continue reading →
Posted in mindfulness, nature connection, simplifying daily life, Uncategorized, urban living
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Tagged Anemophily, Biology, Botany, city, Dendrology, Flower, Forest, nature, nature connection, Plant, pollination, spring, Tree
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