Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple Things
Small Ways to Live Well is a podcast from The Simple Things, a monthly magazine about slowing down, remembering what’s important and making the most of where you live.
Hosted by the Editor, Lisa Sykes, in this season, May days & summer afternoons, she’ll be sampling honesty boxes, seeking our magical creatures, taking sensory walks and generally revelling in the promise of summer, alongside co-hosts wellbeing editor Rebecca Frank and regular contributor and slow traveller Jo Tinsley.
To subscribe or order a copy of The Simple Things visit thesimplethings.com
A definite contender for ‘favourite time of the year’ these light-filled days of late spring and early summer are easy to love. The novelty of sustained sunshine and warmer days gladden the hearts. The countryside is at its best and cities start to go all Mediterranean, living life outside. Even the most humdrum garden looks pretty in May.
And we’re as busy as the birds feeding chicks and bees gathering nectar – planting flowers, tending our veg patch and exploring our neighbourhood. It’s the end of the hungry gap with the first harvests so we enjoy eating outdoors and go on our first picnic of the year. We’re learning more about folklore and festivals, listening to birdsong and making the most of long weekends. Join us to dabble in something new and take a spontaneous day trip. Our motto for the season: ‘Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time’.
There are six episodes in Season 9, released weekly from May Day and supported by Titanic Belfast
Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple Things
Merry Midwinter - Episode 2 - TREASURE
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The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank talk treasure, including the things we decorate our homes with, the people we treasure at Christmas and ways to treasure the season.
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Editing & music by Arthur Cosslett.
Thanks to our partner for the Merry Midwinter season, the Marine Stewardship Council, which sets certification standards for sustainable fisheries and awards the blue ecolabel on fish and fish products. Find out more about the best fish to choose at msc.org and follow them on instagram @mscintheuk
On the blog
Handmade gift ideas from thesimplethings.com
Christmas crackers template here
Bay and lemon sea salt body scrub
In the December issue (162) on sale now
Make your own advent candle
Christmas playlist
Mini rosemary wreath decorations
Eggnog – why everyone should try it
Forest needles chai
Decorations from fabric scraps
Weekend away – wreath making in the west country
In our A Year of Celebrations Anthology
Crafternoon – festive bakes and gifts
Choosing the tree
Edible baubles and stained-glass biscuits
Handmade Christmas crackers
In our wellbeing bookazine, Flourish Volume 4
Everlasting wreaths
Learn more
How to have an eco-friendly Christmas: advice from The Wildlife Trusts, The National Trust and WWF
Fish pie recipe carrying the MSC blue label by James Strawbridge
In previous issues available at picsandink.com
Missing people at Christmas – Issue 150