Earlier in the year, I thought my laptop was coming to the end of its life – painfully slow, sounded like a hairdryer as soon as it was turned on and got as hot as one too, and despite a couple of battery changes in the past, had got to the point again where I... Continue Reading →
"Manage with and repair the possessions one already has rather than buying replacements."Definition from Oxford Languages I naturally live by the "make do" part of make do and mend, wearing and using things until they fall apart due to an aversion to throwing things away, and re-purposing them when I can when they're beyond their... Continue Reading →
My trusty welllies have got me through years of volunteering, work, walking and camping until the soles were slick and the green upper became visible through the bottom of the boot. My aversion to throwing things away led me to find a new use for them when the time finally came to replace them –... Continue Reading →
How did you spend your Friday night? I spent mine getting excited about cleaning bathrooms without cleaners… Maybe not the most fascinating subject, but we were out of cleaner and I wanted to try using vinegar and baking soda. It worked amazingly and there are plenty of “pluses”. It’s cheaper Only 40p for a bottle... Continue Reading →
New Year is often thought of as a time to be “out with the old and in with the new”. Those of us wanting to do our best for the environment might think twice about buying brand new things, especially when they don’t desperately need replacing, but we don’t have to be excluded from turning... Continue Reading →
I’ve been using the same brand of deodorant for years. It smells like fresh washing and works perfectly even in “extreme” conditions… speed-walking between tube stations and onto stuffy, sweaty underground trains, hiking from one side of London to the other during tube strikes, digging holes in concrete-filled ground in the heat of July, and... Continue Reading →
Content “warning” – Female-specific issues below. If you’re not interested, then give it a miss! Over the coppicing season, my job involves helping with coppicing at a wood near to the site at which I’m usually based. There’s no toilet at the site, which got me thinking about how best to deal with periods whilst... Continue Reading →
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