I’ve already mentioned The Minimalists and will most likely do it again in the future. So I’ve just listened to the latest podcast…feeling amazed. If you have any spare time on your hands, listen, if to no other, at least to this podcast – about health. Where Joshua explains, with the words of common sense, what it …
Breakfast or brunch: bananas with home made chocolate sauce
Ingredients (for one): – 3 bananas (+/- by choice) – raw cacao – rice/oat drink or coconut milk Directions: Cut or tear in pieces two bananas and put them in a bowl. Put the remaining banana into a blender, add a teaspoon of raw cacao and about 1/2 dl of rice drink (or some other by …
A week in Madeira
In march we travelled to this fascinating island and were accordingly – fascinated. The first thing while landing, the landscape reminds of a piece of aluminum foil when it gets crumpled, that’s how up and down it is. I mean, anyone can see photos on the internet and search through google maps, but in …
Rice with vegetables and dandelion salad
Ingredients (for two): – freshly picked dandelion – 1 medium potato for the salad (or more if you want) – rice (about 200 g, depends on how much you eat, how hungry you are or simply, how much you like rice :)) – 1 broccoli – 1 or 2 carrots – 1 zucchini – salt – …
Delicious vegan lunch: buckwheat porridge with vegetables
Ingredients (for two): – salad (optional) – 1 or 2 carrots – 1 cauliflower – buckwheat porridge (120 g) – 1 zucchini – salt and pepper (optional) Directions: Slice the vegetables to a desired size and put them in a container. Pour in about 0,5 l (or less) water – just so it covers the …
Minimalism or how to reclaim your life
What is minimalism? It’s not just about material things and decluttering, although it does most often start here. Basically it’s about living a meaningful life, finding out what really matters to us, where we want to focus our energy, time and attention. The best explanation is given by The minimalists. They explain every aspect of …
The benefits of keeping a diary
Why keep a diary? Because it just makes life better. In time we learn about when we feel the most comfortable writing it; everyday, once a week, maybe only once or twice a month. Depends on our dedication or simply just the need to »say« something, the choice is ours alone. Sometimes it may be something that …
Reaching goals and letting go
These notes are inspired by the book The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Evald Flisar. Just to be clear, all my posts, categorised as “thoughts” and “books” are a mixture of the book review and my own opinions and experience. Same goes for both parts of this post. “The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.” – William …
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
By Jared Diamond The author concentrates on why and how some of the ancient as well as some modern civilizations have collapsed or succeeded and also how or why some of the modern ones are possibly going to fail. It all seems that many, so called mysterious, society collapses have been caused at least partially …
DIY gift idea – quote notebooks
One night at the beginnig of December I went to bed thinking what I could give as new year presents to my closest friends. Some of them are really hard to find the right kind of gifts for. So this idea jumped to my mind – a very personal gift. A notebook containing hand written …