Category: From the Beginning

  • 071 Everything is dirty

    071 Everything is dirty

    The dishwasher broke again. Cleaning and repairing it led me down a rabbit whole of more things that needed cleaning. It felt as if everything was dirty. So, I cleaned. That afternoon, I even got to enjoy the sunshine on a forest walk with Pepper and my husband. There’s some actual sunshine outside. I’m excited!…

  • On tracking and analytics

    On tracking and analytics

    I don’t have a cookie banner on my website–because I don’t use cookies. I don’t know how many people use my website. I’ve disabled even tracking clicks and opens for my newsletter. I won’t know how many of you open the emails. And I’m okay with that. A few days ago, I had an issue…

  • 070 Kitchen catch-up chaos

    070 Kitchen catch-up chaos

    Things had been piling up. Now that I was finally able to do things again, it was time to tackle them. So, I canned potatoes, baked some bread, and took care of a million little things. I am so glad, I can finally do things again. Okay, there are a lot of things I need…

  • 069 Almost feeling human

    069 Almost feeling human

    After ten days of the flu, pneumonia, and antibiotic side-effect bingo, I was finally able to move enough to feel human again. As I was craving potato salad, I made mayonnaise from scratch, and mixed a pretty good German potato salad together. My husband and Pepper also checked on the garden for us and found…

  • On being sick and community

    On being sick and community

    Hello lovely people! I don’t know if there will be episodes this coming week, as we are still pretty sick. This flu has kicked our behinds pretty thoroughly. FLU & HEALTH After a few days of the flu, we were slowly getting better. But then I woke up to one of the worst days of…

  • On almost giving up

    On almost giving up

    Hello my lovely people, there won’t be an episode tomorrow. I also want to talk to you about some serious doubts about continuing this journey. But let’s start where we left off last time. I almost didn’t manage to upload an episode last Wednesday. After the laptop issue in the morning, I managed to get…

  • 068 Hands in soil

    068 Hands in soil

    I finally got my hands into soil. It’s been a long winter. But spring is coming. In the meantime, let’s re-pot some plants. Some of my indoor plants have been pretty unhappy. Spring will bring more sunshine. I can’t do anything about that. But I could give them better soil to work with in the…

  • 067 Grumpy productivity

    067 Grumpy productivity

    There are days, when the couch is my reluctant base station. A few minutes of getting things done, then rest. And rest some more. In a state of grumpy productivity, I still got a lot done. There are days, when the couch is my reluctant base station. A few minutes of getting things done, then…

  • 066 Early signs of spring

    066 Early signs of spring

    I am excited to clean up this mess. Seriously, I’m looking forward to carrying trash around. The end of winter is coming closer. I can hardly wait. The last storm took down a jar I’d forgotten even existed. I spotted it when Pepper and I went to check on the garden after another really bad…