Learning to Live Simply
Last week Jay took the staff up into the high country for some hike training, having Elliot, I stayed on the flat and Mum and Dad came to visit. Mum and Dad always do a huge amount of incredibly helpful jobs around Wollangarra but particularly our cottage Tussocky. We had a lovely couple of slow…
This blog post has been written in dribs and drabs over March and April. Doing: Working, a lot. Our hours are long, days full, sun up until sun down we are busy on the flat, working with young people or farm work or admin. I do a lot of admin, email answering, phone call returning,…
For the last few years I taught how to bake a basic loaf of sourdough. There were plenty of others around with more skill, expertise and prowess than I but I loved teaching the simple skill and getting to meet people that I often chatted with over Instagram. These days I rarely bake a sourdough…
Hello, how are you? How has your week been? This week we have been recovering from our Open Day. It’s a wonderfully big day filled with supporters new and old, and it’s our biggest fundraiser for the year (Wollangarra is a not-for-profit, so fundraise we must). This day takes a huge amount of organisation and…
I’ve been reflecting on some things I’m loving in life these days and I wanted to share some of them with you. Life is good, great in fact, the days are long and full, and I go to bed with a full heart and wake with a smile. I hope you are doing the same….
Making: lists. Cooking: stew with root veggies and a deer shank. I cooked it on our tiny gas hob for 7 hours. It was delicious and even better the next day. Drinking: All the tea and weekend red wine Reading: I Am Pilgrim – it’s oh so long and I’m sort of done with it…
We’ve spent the last three weeks packing. Madly packing. Because just over three weeks ago we found out that we were successful in our application for our dream job. Directing Wollangarra. You might have seen the news on Instagram or Facebook, but if you haven’t here it is. For the next three years, Jay and…
I’ve raved about meal planning, I love it. I really do. I love the organising, I love the planning and I love knowing what I need to buy. But recently I have found that it wasn’t working for us. We’ve started buying our meat from a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) monthly membership, and because of this…
MAKING: I’m loving sewing these little essential oil bags to send to anyone who signs up to my DoTERRA team. COOKING: simple food. Meat and vegetables mostly, not a lot of sugar, and eggs, lots of eggs. DRINKING: hot strong milky tea READING: Sarah Wilson’s First, we make the beast beautiful*. I don’t consider myself to have anxiety, nor…
