Earthfire Stories

Tag: Living with Less
Fountain Pen on spiral notebook with baby's breath flowers

For the Love of Pens and Paper Towels

I have to admit that I love pens. I collect them, use them, somehow find ten in my pocketbook and upon finding none on my desk, order more, and still walk off absentmindedly with other’s pens. I would be embarrassed

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The Austrian Tea Pot

The Wonder in a Tea Leaf

I took a handful of tea leaves and put them in my little Austrian teapot. Then I suddenly remember that I found the tea strainer yesterday. It had rolled away under the armoire. I had looked everywhere for it, given

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A cup of reen tea on a bamboo mat with a blossoming branch

The Healing Force of Simplicity

Voluntary simplicity is a philosophy and a conscious choice to simplify our lives and consume less, for the sake of our planet and for the sake of our happiness. Where we discover that less is more. “…choose to live simply

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Fountain Pen on spiral notebook with baby's breath flowers

For the Love of Pens and Paper Towels

I have to admit that I love pens. I collect them, use them, somehow find ten in my pocketbook and upon finding none on my desk, order more, and still walk off absentmindedly with other’s pens. I would be embarrassed to open my desk drawer to you. And of course,

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The Austrian Tea Pot

The Wonder in a Tea Leaf

I took a handful of tea leaves and put them in my little Austrian teapot. Then I suddenly remember that I found the tea strainer yesterday. It had rolled away under the armoire. I had looked everywhere for it, given up, and just put the tea leaves directly in the

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A cup of reen tea on a bamboo mat with a blossoming branch

The Healing Force of Simplicity

Voluntary simplicity is a philosophy and a conscious choice to simplify our lives and consume less, for the sake of our planet and for the sake of our happiness. Where we discover that less is more. “…choose to live simply so that others may simply live.” – Gandhi In the

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