Further downshifting and associated decluttering

Last night we returned home from a weekend away. On the journey we had been discussing the fact that we’d like to move to a smaller,more energy efficient house to further reduce our costs. Because we rent we are able to move whenever we want to with very little in the way to stop [...]

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty

A day late but not too late to write a post to participate in blog action day 2008.

The book I am reading at the moment is yet another on the now familiar and alluring theme of family self-sufficiency. ‘Living the Good Life:Changing the world from your own backyard‘is Linda Cockburn’s diary of [...]

Simple Living

My aunty told me on the phone that they were not sending Christmas cards this year nor buying gifts. Hooray for her –not especially green,frugal or thrifty but just a nice lady.I’ve decided to do the same and request that people actively exclude us from their shopping/sending lists. It stresses me out [...]

Using a handkerchief instead of tissues to blow our noses

My lovely green and thrifty friend Emma has always used a hanky for her nose as Father Christmas has thoughtfully given her a new one each year she now has over thirty in her collection. Yesterday I noticed our other inspriationally green and thrifty friend,Janet,also uses a hanky to dab at any sniffle [...]