Day by Day, Preparing for times ahead, Resources, self sufficiency

Issachar Eyes – October 2025

Hello Friends, How are you all? The last few months have been a bustle of activity, of generous moments with family and friends and of heralding in some change; I feel I’m only just catching my breath. On the home front we (mainly I!) have harvested and preserved a respectable amount of fruit and veg.… Continue reading Issachar Eyes – October 2025

Day by Day, Home ed ponderings, Preparing for times ahead, self sufficiency

Shifting seasons and my ‘girl years’ – June 2025

Hello Friends, How are you all? As I write our green and pleasant land is looking somewhat brown and dry, but the clear blue skies and sunshine are very welcome, reminding me of those long hot summers days of my childhood. We began the month with a girls’ trip to the New Forest with my… Continue reading Shifting seasons and my ‘girl years’ – June 2025

Day by Day, Home ed ponderings, Preparing for times ahead, self sufficiency

Tea time and travels – April and May 2025

A writer does need to have a tremendous curiosity about everything and everyone…but this must go along with an honest commitment to and involvement in human nature… Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet Hello friends How are you? Life has been fairly full over in our little corner of rural England and I’m needing to… Continue reading Tea time and travels – April and May 2025