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Thoughts on Simple Living

  • Down the Garden Path: One Small Step Toward Self-Sufficiency

    There’s something so satisfying about planting, growing, harvesting, preparing, and eating our own food. And having a garden is an excellent way to experience the joy of nature in our own backyard as well. The benefits to growing our own food are numerous: Being outdoors, physical exercise, eating nutritious food without artificial additives or chemicals,…

  • A Fresh Start: The Art of Letting Go

    A major life change, no matter the reason, can be exciting, but also incredibly painful. There may be losses we did not anticipate that trigger feelings of grief and trauma. These bonds to the past must be released before we can truly move ahead with a life of new possibilities. While grieving, we experience emotional,…

  • The Crossroad

    I had a post prepared for today, but I just couldn’t bring myself to publish it. It’s called Surviving to Thriving: Getting Through the Midwinter Blues, and it’s a straight forward article offering nine basic strategies to help the reader get through the final stretch of dark midwinter. An overall decent article that could become…

  • Embracing the Light: Garden Planning for Spring

    As we feel ourselves slowly creeping out of the long winter of darkness and hibernation, the sun’s rays bring with them a renewed sense of awakening energy and hope. A spirit of rebirth begins to emerge, and one of the most satisfying ways to celebrate is to begin planning for the garden. Embracing the Light…

  • Cultivating Spiritual Growth Through Nature Walks

    One of the things I’ve learned throughout my life is that nature walking not only benefits the physical body, it is a great way to cultivate spiritual growth as well. It allows me to escape the worries of everyday life and focus on the beauty of the natural world, taking in the sights and sounds…

  • Listening

    It’s been awhile since I’ve felt strong enough to focus back here, and yet so much has happened since my last post – its not for lack of content. After packing up from my urban corporate life about a year ago, I went through a period of whirlwind adjustment which allowed me the luxury of…

  • Finding Resilience in Simplicity

    The world has always contained suffering. But are we better off today than we were a half century ago? We are living with the threat of increasing suffering across the world day by day. But it is possible to find peace. Our family recently left our coldly corporate urban life of stress and overstimulation firmly…

  • A Light in Midwinter: A Sign of Hope and New Beginnings

    Hope is an optimistic state of mind that stems from the expectation of positive outcome. After months and years of lockdowns and social isolation culminating in overwhelming pressures to fall in line and accept whatever measures no matter how questionable, hope seems to be lost. But with every door that closes, another opens. The time…