VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY BY DUANE ELGIN
Yes, I am on a mission. I am going to read all the books on simplicity that I can find. That will be a delight. I remember that even as a child I had these reading marathons: I read all…
Lori
The Female Brain, by Louann Brizendine
I hated this book. I was expecting some great revelations from it and in the end... nothing, nothing at all. There is nothing new that you would learn from this book. The same old stereotypes that are given a scientific shape, brainy explanations. I was laughing with my husband that he has a female brain and I have a predominantly male one, because in our family h is the one who loves to talk, who is more social while I prefer solitary activities. Actually, apparently there has been a recent study which shows that men and women use roughly the same amount of words daily.IN MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER
The way we’ll all remember my grandfather is talking about the war. It was his favorite topic. The Americans, the Germans, the Russians and Us. The cannons. The tanks. The courage. The fear. My grandfather fought in the Second World…
IN SEARCH OF BEAUTY AND SIMPLICITY BOTH
This weekend we took a trip to the mall. It was not just our neighborhood mall, which proudly hosts the usual Gap, Macy’s and JCPenney’s, but the fancy mall in the nearby town, where I can go around stores like…
THE AMAZING NATURAL FIBERS: WOOL
This fall I have been more crafty than usual. I don’t know what happened, but I discovered I could do things I never thought I would be capable of. One of those things was circular knitting. As you can see…
A NATURAL YOGA MAT
Have you ever given any thought to your yoga mat? What is it made of? What is the so called “foam”? I recently started to do yoga. Like in, this week was my first time. So I had to buy…
CRAFT FAIRS AND DOLLS
I like fairs. They make fall a happy time. They make you forget that you have to leave summer behind and prepare for the dark, freezing winter. They make you think of another time, when fall was indeed a time…
THE THINGS I MAKE II
The return to simplicity is not an easy road, in spite of all the slogans that like to say “It is easy to be green”. The truth is that one has to work hard – garden, animals (for some), preparing…
A TRIP TO SALEM, MA
We went to Salem, MA this weekend. It was my second visit to this amazing town and I loved it just as much as the first time. It was the perfect day – not too hot, not too tiring, spent…
NO PLASTIC FOR MY HAIR
I haven’t been updating so much this blog. It’s not that I don’t have things to write about but my time has become rather cranky and fussy, like a newborn. I don’t know how to please it anymore. I am…