Tag: six blocks
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Slow Living Doesn’t Always Mean Doing Nothing
Sunday morning was exactly how slow living should feel. Coffee. No alarm. No rush. Cows grazing in the field and clouds moving slowly across the sky. We could go somewhere.We could take a book outside.Or we could simply do nothing for a while. And for a while, we did. Then we checked the weather forecast. Rain for…
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Before There Were Six Blocks
What started as a plan for one small container home slowly became something much bigger — a different way of living, an unexpected friendship, and eventually, Six Blocks.
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Driving in Brazil: What It’s Really Like to Rent a Car and Hit the Road
Brazil is enormous. Looking at a map is one thing; actually driving across a small part of it is another. Before our trip, renting a car in Brazil sounded slightly intimidating. Different driving habits, unfamiliar roads, Portuguese, long distances — and all the usual warnings you hear before travelling around the country. In reality, driving…
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Just for a Minute
An imperfect photo taken on an old phone, almost without thinking — and somehow, the first photograph of mine that someone bought.
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When Summer Starts to Leave
Summer arrived so quickly this year that it feels almost unfair how quickly it has started to leave. It isn’t autumn yet. Not really. The garden is still green, the days can still be warm, and everything around us still looks very much like summer. But in the mornings, you can tell. The air has…
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THE FIRST ONE THAT SOLD
An imperfect photo taken on an old phone, almost without thinking — and somehow, the first photograph of mine that someone bought.
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AFTER US: Rolava — Where the Forest Took Over
Some places are abandoned. Others are slowly being taken back. There are places where history has been carefully preserved. Rolava is not one of them. Hidden deep in the forests of the Ore Mountains, close to the Czech–German border, the remains of the former Rolava (Sauersack) tin mining complex slowly disappear between the trees. Concrete…
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Zucchini, Again
Because apparently twice wasn’t enough. There comes a point every summer when zucchini stops being something you grow and becomes something you manage. We’ve already baked it into cake. We’ve already wondered what to do when the garden gives us far too much of it. And still, the zucchini keeps coming. This year, we’ve learned…