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Who’s whose?

24/08/2021by thelongview 8 Comments

When we first bought this land, there was a proud sense of ownership. I would look out from the terrace, follow the boundary of our four acres with my eyes […]

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Life lessons, Natural farming, Nature, No-till

Happy Pongal!

14/01/2021by thelongview 8 Comments

It’s the harvest festival, and many of our friends and relatives have been asking how we are celebrating it. I feel slightly ashamed to say we don’t do anything special, […]

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Fukuoka, Life lessons, Natural farming, Nature, Retirement, Village life

Hum ek hain

31/01/2020by thelongview 2 Comments

This is old news now, but I’ve had no time to post. In my recent Bangalore stint (or shall I say stink, both are equally appropriate), I got mixed up […]

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Animals, City life, Humanity, Life lessons

After the honeymoon

06/01/2020by thelongview

Some visiting friends the other day asked us curiously, Don’t you get bored living here? It seems very romantic in theory, but we don’t know how long that will last. […]

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Farming, Life lessons, Nature, Retirement

Home is where reality is

22/01/2018by thelongview 4 Comments

The last three months have been tough. My husband retired and we moved out of the beautiful university campus that we’ve lived in for the last 23 years. It wouldn’t […]

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Farming, Life lessons, Retirement

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