We ran out of water during the summer – I’ve blogged about it before, laughing at the irony of our borehole running dry in a place where...

The girls and I spent the single sunny day we had during the school holidays having an adventure on Kerrera. It’s true that you seldom...

I’ve loved reading all the autumnal posts on Facebook and Instagram, indulging in the beautifully photographed leaves in streams, soaps...

Last week I did an online course about Google, SEO’s and blogging with Maddy Shine Maddy Shine SEO Queen & Visibility Coach. Besides her...

It’s been really wet and windy on the island, which on the one hand is lovely as it’s filling up our water reserves, but on the other,...

It’s been a week since I came back from Glasgow, having spent a week selling soaps in the John Lewis in Buchanan Galleries. It’s taken a...

All I did last week was hustle. And now, I’m hoping to see all that hard work pay off. The blog is going to have to wait a while – I’m...

I start most days with lists: a list of things to do that day, a list of things happening during the week, a list of affirmations!

Last week was a week for new beginnings, for sure. The girls had their first week of primary school, their teacher had her first week in...

What’s new? In the Shepherd’s Cottage house, I’ve just put my girls on the school bus, and they’re away to “ask her (their teacher) who...

We went on holiday last week, driving down South to a lovely village near Newcastle for a few days. It may seem strange going to a town...

What makes a bar of soap special? The way it smells; the way it looks; the feel of it in your palms as it lathers and turns; how it...

Long ago, when I lived in Durban, a friend and I would go for coffee in the Botanic Gardens. We would picnic: a flask of espresso and...

It has been a stressful week here. The stories I think about are these: the men who died, crushed by falling beer barrels, looting a...

My Instagram and Facebook feeds are full of soap: how to make it, how to use it, what goes into it. And they are also full of Soap. The...

With opportunities for foreign holidays being limited this year, our family sat down and made a wish list of travel destinations. My...

There are so many changes happening here right now. Changes to my (real) job; changes to my side hustle (soap making!); changes for my...

I took some time out last week to have a long weekend. We spent Thursday at the Highland Wildlife Park and the night in Aviemore, had a...

I was out in the garden yesterday, wrestling with our new self-propelled lawnmower, and wondering if anyone else was struggling to get...

I’m a big reader, and everyone, and the internet especially, knows it. Every time it does its rounds on Facebook, my husband sends me the...