Category Archives: Living With Less

Shoebox loom purse.

I have already posted about cardboard weaving but will do a Revival Gig because I recently finished a purse using, primarily, shoebox weaving. As you can notice, my technique is what you’d call Laid Back.  Because, not afraid of making … Continue reading

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Produce netting

Last year I wrote about A Change in Lifestyle and how one of my objectives was that of learning to live with less. In part, for principle. In part, for need. Living with less is, in some ways BUT not … Continue reading

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Orange Peels and Mosquitoes

«If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito».  Dalai Lama This year the mosquitoes on Paros seem to be particularly huge and animated.  I was told it’s because, due to lack of … Continue reading

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The Aesthetics of Mending.

Mending is a philosophy. And a measurement of value.  If something must be mended, it means it has been used, thus is useful.  Unfortunately, we have a tendency to look at much of what we own as being something disposable.  … Continue reading

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A Change in Lifestyle

“Poverty wants… imagination” foto via troikanoi Back from Paros where I had 3 very busy months – much sewing, writing and painting. The economic situation in Greece is tragic. Many shops have closed as tourism was down, some say, by 40%. … Continue reading

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