Category: From the Beginning

  • 012 Slow weekend days

    012 Slow weekend days

    When working from home, weekends and weekdays can become blurred. But even in hectic times, I try to take two days a week off. It’s not always the actual weekend. Most weeks, thanks to the structure my husband’s office job provides, Saturday and Sunday tend to be the slow days of the week.

  • 011 Home alone

    011 Home alone

    I am rarely home alone. My husband and I both work from our shared apartment. Last week, he was traveling for work, so I spent three days on my own schedule: cleaning the balcony garden, cooking, and visiting the chicken our eggs come from.

  • 010 Too much stuff

    010 Too much stuff

    After a winter of purchasing to overcome depression, I feel stuffed. There are too many things in my life: too many objects, too many responsibilities, too much of a lot. A few weeks ago, I decided that enough is enough, and started taking out everything we own to see what still adds value, what we…

  • 009 The Balcony Garden in June: A First Harvest

    This time, I show you what my balcony garden looks like now in June, share my first harvest, and cook with foraged, home-made, and home-grown foods.

  • 008 I almost never wear shoes

    This time, we are talking about living barefoot. I share how I got started, share some beginner barefoot advice, and talk about living without shoes permanently.

  • 007 How I ferment my own sodas at home

    I don’t like drinking water all day but buying mango juice all the time isn’t sustainable. To replace it, I’ve started fermenting my own soft drinks. Much healthier for me and the planet. Let’s make kombucha at home, ferment some tepache, and follow my first attempts at water kefir.

  • 006 Learning to forage for food

    There is a lot out there in the forest that is safe to eat and delicious. Join me for the baby steps of foraging for food out there.

  • 005 I need to use up a lot of bananas

    Got too many bananas to eat? Let’s use them all up, including that delicious peel! I share how to make banana bread muffins, eating banana peels, and what I did with the rest of two entire bunches.

  • 004 Starting a balcony garden in a tiny space

    I started a balcony garden this spring to add some food to our fridge and explore growing my own food. It’s a steep learning curve, but let’s start at the beginning.