Home Improvements

Whenever Steve goes away for work I tackle a few ‘home improvement’ projects. This is partially a coping strategy – keep the hands and head busy so I don’t worry too much or let myself feel too lonely. It’s also just practical because all of the jobs I do are smelly or dusty or require…

Reading Round Up; Recently Published Articles

Steve is home, and as always has brought me a few treats. This time he presented me with a stack of out-of-date magazines! To you that might not seem so exciting, out-of-date and all, but when magazines are like unicorns, you don’t really care if they are a few months old. Yes, I do keep…

DIY: Low-Impact Liquid Hand Soap

Living a low-impact life is important to me. It is also something that I practiced long before we moved onboard. However, living on a boat is living a little closer to the natural world than most, and I mean literally. For instance, our sinks drain directly overboard, which means everything that goes down the drain…