Mini Smallholding (@minismallholding)
Trying to become more sustainable with a small scale suburban homestead. Also homeschooling and learning about natural health.
The Times They Are A Changing
As living standards in developed countries continues to collapse, once again one of the arguments that it's the fault of the boomers gets thrown around. It got me thinking, what exactly is it peopl...
This Global Scale Game of Monopoly Isn't Much Fun
I started this conversation with a summary of how wealth inequality is increasing at a rapid rate, although I'm not sure if nearly 1500 words can be classed as a summary. I got more responses than ...
On Rapidly Increasing Wealth Inequality
I am by no means an economist and am very much learning at this point, so I encourage anyone reading to add to the conversation and point out any of the many things I'm probably missing. There is l...
Beautiful Songs I Find Hard to Listen to
Have you ever had a song you really like, but you struggle to listen to it because it makes you want to cry? I realised the other day that there are actually a few songs that make me feel like this...
How Civilised is Civilisation?
When you hear or read the word 'civilisation' or 'civilised' what does it make you think? While there is no single definition it's generally seen as a good thing to be civilised. It gives peaceful ...
From A Pom's Eye View
I should probably give a quick explanation of the term Pom. I used to think that everyone knew what it jokingly referred to, but unless you're British or Australian apparently it isn't actually com...
The Difference a Day Can Make
Image courtesy of @spiritabsolute I arrive at my Wednesday morning client as usual, mop bucket in my right hand and crate of cleaning equipment propped on my left hip. The screen door is shut, but ...
Checking My Privilege or Counting My Blessings
A recent request by someone to check my privilege made me realise that I've actually done this for most of my life, we just used to call it counting our blessings before this new phrase became popu...
Things are More Complex than they Seem on the Surface
The other day I saw a humorous sketch on Instagram with the point of view of two European mainlanders cringing at the idea of a Brit washing dishes and then putting them to drain without rinsing. A...
History is Usually Good, Bad and Ugly
Recently I overheard my husband listening to someone give an argument on why the crusades were justified. I'm not sure what he was responding to, but he seemed quite incensed and defensive, so I'm ...
Thoughts on Australia's Social Media Ban for Children
On 10th December 2025 Australia's law to restrict under 16s accessing many social media platforms came into effect. It was declared officially in December 2024 with the affected social media compan...
Does History Repeat or Rhyme?
Something that's fascinated me for as long as I can remember is history and archeology. Our small school didn't offer history as an exam option, so their approach to teaching it was a bit different...
This too Will End
Nothing lasts forever. A reality that I'm not the most fond of. How nice it would be to buy a washing machine once and have it last at least the rest of your life or clean the house once and have i...
An Epiphany for the Week
Last year a new bouldering gym opened in the city centre. It took a little while for my youngest daughter and I to finally brave the city and its parking and pay it a visit. Quite a few of the more...
How do you Hive?
With the December deadline looming in Australia for social media websites to require us to ID ourselves to prove our age, it's got me wondering how much value they offer and whether I can gain that...