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Simple living, Living Free
As I was enjoying my morning coffee, listening to the birds, chickens, and the creek as it tumbled across the rocks I began to feel a bit poetic. Susan and Tony suggested that I post it so here it is. … Continue reading
Simple Living Lessons Learned
Simple Living is something I grew up with, it was not a lifestyle choice, it was my life. I often reflect on the lessons taught to me by my parents. They are what guides me and helps me make the … Continue reading
Simple Living – Reduce eating out
I no longer find comfort in eating foods prepared by a minimum wage employee using mass-produced, chemically grown foods from a corporate farm raised by minimum wage employees. This includes fruits, vegetables, and meats injected with hormones and antibiotics and … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Food, Simple Living
Tagged chicken, chickens, food, foods, garden, global, global warming, health, healthier, healthy, living, logical, nutrition, organic, organic garden, peak, reduce, resource, resources, simple, Simple Living, solar, vegetable, vegetables
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Simple Living–Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Not only is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle an important component for simple living it is an important component for living lightly on the earth. It brings a sense of accomplishment and well-being, that with this simple concept we can lessen our … Continue reading
Posted in Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
Tagged earth, earth mother, environment, impact, life, living, low impact, pollute, pollution, recycle, reduce, resource, resources, responsibly, reuse, river, riverrest, simple, Simple Living, society
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Who We Are and What We Hope to Become
We are Charley and Susan the caretakers of River Rest. Married for twenty-one years we named our place River Rest (actually located on the banks of Anthony creek) in memory of Susan’s Grandma (Helen). River Rest is our dream home … Continue reading
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Tagged creek, earth, frugal, garden, growing plants, harmony, Homemade, life, lifestyle, living, mother nature, natural, nature, organic, organic garden, plant, plants, reduce, responsibility, river, river rest, riverrest, simple, Simple Living, simplistic, sustainability
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