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Recommended by prue batten

Amusing, introspective, relatable. These cozy but thought-provoking posts are suitable for tea breaks, unwelcome dread at 3 a.m. or waiting for pasta to boil. Repeat as needed. Won’t you join me?

Because it is a beautifully written view on life and its pleasures and pains. I followed it from the get-go and love it!

- prue batten

Lady Jo & Co. LifeGlitter in Tasmania

A part-time mapmaker, embracing frugal life & renovate a tiny old captains cottage in Tasmania with my Sarah. Navigating learning heirloom, finance & lifeskills while ticking off my ‘Glitterlist’ for the next 25 years. Well thats the plan.

The Garden at Moorfield

By Pip and Hugo

Musings and manuals from the making of our new organic food and flower garden at Moorfield, with all we learnt from our last one, Little Oak, and the story of how breathing new life into old farms and building them gardens, gave new meaning to our lives.

This Little Farm Life with Susan Colleen Browne

A book-loving gardener living at a slower pace in the middle of the woods…You’ll find my adventures with wildlife and favorite romantic reads, including all things Irish…and Jane Austen!

I enjoy Susan's calm approach to life and especially her beautiful writing where she details her lifestyle in words that chime.

- prue batten

Thrivin', not Drivin'

By Mary B

Riding my bike instead of driving my car, during historically high gas prices and inflation

A view of life between the handlebars, often accompanied with marvellous drawings.

- prue batten

Dear Reader, I'm lost

By Rebecca Holden

Letters from a writer navigating the world with absolutely no sense of direction.

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

By Terry Freedman

Reflections on literature * Musings on everyday life * Book reviews * Experiments in creative nonfiction writing * Humour

Terry's reflections are fresh. At my stage in life I like that.

- prue batten

Slow Into The Seasons

By Wandering Alice

The Dalai Lama's Cat: Buddhist compassion in action

By David Michie

Insight, hope and uplifting wisdom from Tibetan Buddhism. Sign up for stories and articles about the main practices of our tradition to enhance your inner peace and wellbeing.

Chicken Scratch

By Elizabeth Beggins

When you want to find your way back to giving a flock. Chicken Scratch is a place for realistic optimism and remarkable observations from an ordinary life.

Life Matters

By Ms. Writer

To educate and inspire people recovering from codependency and some of life's other pain points. Also, thoughts on culture, current events, and aging.

Shona Swims – A Waterbiographical Series of Ocean Swims

By Shona Riddell

Writer Shona Riddell swims year-round in Wellington Harbour (Te Whanganui-a-Tara), New Zealand.

A beautiful weekly post on wild swimming in the stunning waters of New Zealand. Shona is inspirational.

- prue batten

The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

I’m a RHS Chelsea gold medallist and author sharing the simplest ways to garden. Join the community for weekly posts and chats, design guidance and gardening tips led by one of the UK's top garden designers.

The Earthworm

By Dan

Content and community for gardeners, growers, plant lovers and nature nerds. Featuring interviews, insights and inspiration.

Writer Everlasting

By Ramona Grigg

We're a writing community, a safe space. We're here to give, to learn, to revel, to commiserate, but mainly we're here to advance and enhance our writing. All posts are free and the comments are always open.

As a writer, it would be hard NOT to recommend the wise words of someone like Ramona Grigg.

- prue batten

The Sit Spot

By Maggie Mackellar

A weekly newsletter of observations, field notes, ruminations and recommendations from writer Maggie MacKellar.

... a magnified look at country and coastal life from a mind that has enormous breadth. It's also written only a few kilometres along the coast from where I live and the words resonate.

- prue batten

With Love From Sweden

By Viktoria Wågert

A warm and cozy newsletter from a cold country

Letters of Note

By Shaun Usher

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

...because people are so clever and loquacious and I want to note down so much that they say in the old-fashioned manner of letter-writing.

- prue batten

Tom Ryan, Author

Letters from New Hampshire...and Beyond

... Tom's words are so beautiful and how can one not love his observations and those of Samwise and Em? 11/10, five stars.

- prue batten

Knots in the String

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