The one traveling light

The feeling of falling at every step, the speed, the air on the face. He ran down the mountainside, from tree to tree - catch, push away, catch, push away, until he crashed into the level land, fell to the grass panting. There, on the ground, kneeling he looked up into the sky, eyes locked in the blue. He let himself fall to his back there, and watched. Clouds traveling, bound by the high winds. Beautiful. So empty. Time passed, how much? The light had dimmed and his stomach began to growl, reminding him the lack of food. He hadn't taken many provisions, nature provides, he had thought. Always has. He got up to his knees and had a look around. Some roots, bulbs, yes, those dark greenish big pointy leaves over there by the big rock, definitely juicy sweet bulbs. The namegivers had been true and humble - honeyroot they had called it. And then he remembered.. out of water. These lands are dry, no lakes nor rivers. Just grass. His flask had been empty since morning. "Better find a village" and after a short thought, "before it gets too dark". People around here are a bit suspicious about the dark and those who roam in the dark. Any mark, any ... oh, there! A border-marking on the rock, near the honeyroot. Village boundary, thus a village should be near. And so there is, smoke and where is smoke, there is a hearth. He got up, dug up the honeyroot, rubbed it clean with his hand and grass and ate it fast, big bites, then wiped his mouth dry with his sleeve. Finished, time to move on.

Mad with organic? Cleaning my home

An unusual post. Or has this thing been getting more and more eclectic all the time, so nevermind.

I have been going crazy these days, because of moving to a new place and sharing it with my man, who is a lot less of a monk (Adrian*) than me. Plus I have to be extra sensitive about smells of household products and a morning person, while he is not and so on.

And I have been very interested in organic ways of living, cleaning included, for years. And because of being super-sensitive to smells and stuff and super-angry when someone stinks up the flat with a regular chemical cleaner one am... our home has been getting greener and greener. Or maybe I just have an amazing man, go figure.


Some green stuff... My favs are baking soda, green soap, vinegar and we have store-bought eco cleaners too.


There is lots and lots of info on organic cleaning and living on the Net. Some essentials would be green soap and baking soda paste for fridge, sinks, getting rid of mold and other stuff needing scrubbing (soda is a bit* abrasive) , vinegar for glass surfaces and surfaces needing disinfecting (soda is a disinfectant too) and oh yes, I was clothes with green soap, using the washing machine and using soda for hand-washing dishes, when not using the eco dish-washing liquid . Here we can buy pretty cheap and quality liquid green soap and I use it a lot.

Lemon. I have not got around to using lemon, but yeah, it is in the eco armada.

And I try to evolve... meaning getting even more mad with the organic. Is it good or bad, who knows.
My next lesson-i-want-to-learn is how to use vodka and to try using the not-so-aromatic-anymore coffee I salvaged from being thrown away, plus getting the fridge not so dismal. And what to do with the sponges, how to get them dry and sanitary.

Challanges-challanges, nonstop. :D Wish me luck :D

People talking in the stairway. Kind happy voices. Stories unfolding. Made me smile.

Katrin Aava: kuidas ohvrist saab süüdlane - Arvamus

Katrin Aava: kuidas ohvrist saab süüdlane - Arvamus

gray flakes

what is in the blood
that makes one weak
what lacks in bones
that makes one fragile
what hammers the skull
that makes one fall apart
what say you, who are strong
to those lost
to those broken
senseless
...
how many have fallen in this night
mistaken for snow

Some reading to start getting to the gist: “Special Secrets Bill threatens transparency”

from pages

United Nations Human Rights

The Japan Times

The Ecologist

Rohelise nurga alt, seekord moest ja inglise keeles

How forest becomes fashion

If this is true, this is great: A Green Company

Filmist rohelisema nurga alt

Pärast võtteplatsilt lahkumist

Lugemist lugemisest, lugemusest ja muust

"Kle... mis homseks on" Andres Arrak
"Kõik kassikullaks" Kivisildnik
"Lugemine kui privileeg" Andrus Kivirähk

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