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Mini Smallholding
@minismallholding
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Trying to become more sustainable with a small scale suburban homestead. Also homeschooling and learning about natural health.
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July 18, 2017
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minismallholding
Silver Bloggers
2026-03-14 11:47
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 not
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Silver Bloggers
2026-02-23 10:40
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 popular.
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2026-02-15 10:39
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. As you'd
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History
2026-01-20 11:51
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 guessing
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2025-12-23 11:09
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 companies
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History
2025-11-05 09:30
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 to
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2025-10-16 23:46
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 it stay
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Rant, Complain, Talk
2025-10-04 11:37
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 advanced
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Hive Learners
2025-09-22 01:26
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 from
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2025-09-09 11:08
How Do We Let Life Shape Us?
I once heard someone say that people thrive with adversity, or something along those lines. It made me wonder if that's why when we don't have hardships to deal with we can end up making mountains out
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Silver Bloggers
2025-08-25 01:58
As Virtuality Seeps into Reality...
Something I've been coming across mentioned as a point of concern with social media a fair amount recently is attention algorithms. Social media companies get their income through advertising so algorithms
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Home Edders
2025-07-26 10:49
We Shouldn't be Homeschooling Because of Bullying?!! Reacting to Some of the Arguments
Apparently homeschooling in Australia is on the rise and a big chunk of that is down to bullying in schools. I recently came across an article arguing that despite some recent suicides due to school bullying
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2025-07-16 12:12
The Discrimination Roots We Don't See
Discrimination. It's not a nice thing in any form and certainly not something to condone. It's good when people raise awareness of it and it certainly comes in lots of forms, whether it's sexism, racism,
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2025-06-17 10:24
Are We Losing Touch With Reality?
Are we losing touch with reality? Recently I saw a reel/short video of a sketch with people on the bus. To me it was obviously actors and not a real life situation unfolding. There was no talking, just
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StemSocial
2025-05-31 11:51
Are Seed Oils Toxic to us?
If you have any interest in health and nutrition you've probably come across talk about seed oils being bad for you. It's not a new discussion, but it's certainly become more prominent in recent years.
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StemSocial
2025-04-22 10:11
Diabetes and Diet, is it not being Emphasised Enough?
My grandmother had type 2 diabetes since before I was born. We were all very aware of it because she controlled it mostly through her diet. We knew she couldn't eat sweetened foods or if she did it was
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2025-03-18 11:31
Why are we Losing our Community Connections?
People are communal. It's always been to our advantage to be as it's easier for us to survive when we work in groups. It seems that even on a subconscious level we are driven to maintain group connections.
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ThoughtfulDailyPost
2025-03-04 11:51
What Even is Neurotypical?
The other day my daughter and I were talking to an acquaintance. He's a friendly, outgoing type who connects easily with people and gets quite enthusiastic with talking about what he's been up to. As he
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Holos&Lotus
2025-02-01 10:00
Forgiveness for Healing - Perdonar para curar
A friend of mine shared a post on Facebook about forgiving our parents for the mistakes they made and and pain they may have caused. I know that for her this is part of her healing journey to let go of
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StemSocial
2025-01-28 09:27
Infrared Light, Nature's Healer?
Have you ever gone outside and felt the sun on you then felt a sense of peace, relief or happiness? Years ago when someone had a long term illness that doctors struggled to treat they would recommend the
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