The English Homemaker

This episode of The English Homemaker is about joy! How we can cultivate it, build it, nurture it, experience it. All the different ways we are doing that in our family at the moment. This episode could be a whole book in itself, so excuse the short episode, but I hope it helps in some way on these dark winter days.

From seashells to sunsets, from hygge lights to belly laughs, from long pushchair walks to the postbox to weekends away in the countryside, we talk about so many things...

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." E.E.Cummings

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Mentioned:
Gabrielle Feather 100 Things to do Now You are Collapse Aware https://gabriellefeather.substack.com/p/100-things-to-do-now-you-are-collapse
Hannah McNeely : Falling in Love with Motherhood https://youtu.be/oImJrFZOgmY
Elisa Rathje : Having Awoken (The Journal of Small Work) - https://appleturnover.substack.com/p/having-awoken
Also see episode 13 of this podcast for our gorgeous conversation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jwpAnAO_2E
Michael McIntyre Silent Letter Day https://youtu.be/sOUqHr9tcVY
Ikea Akterspring Table Lamp
Borrowbox Library App
anourishedmother on Instagram

Books:
All Year Round by Ann Druitt, Christine Fynes-Clinton, Marije Rowling
Aggressively Happy by Joy Clarkson
Slow Family Living by Bernadette Noll
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about conscious/principled spending, rising food prices and our two week pantry challenge. I've been excusing our spending on food for months now, and it is time to take action!

I talk through the meal plan, what budget dinners we have made and will be making, and the things I will be buying during the challenge.

Mentioned:

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

Immy Lucas / Sustainably Vegan

Three Rivers Homestead #threeriverschallenge

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:

https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/

https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about pottering through the house intuitively, listening to the still small voice and getting rid of the to-do lists. I also tell you a couple of personal things I've been keeping to myself, and how that's challenging me.

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:

https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/

https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about the joy, abundance and overwhelm of Christmas for the homemaker. I talk about how I set about creating a really intentional advent season, how I learnt to say 'no', take the pressure off and choose what our family needs.

I discuss the slow living Christmas ideas I have already set in motion, how I space and plan everything out and what warm, cosy activities we've got going for December.

"May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend." Traditional Irish Blessing

Mentioned:

Episode 14 Choosing Joy and Restorying Christmas with Martin Carter https://youtu.be/mF5Lo5Llx-0

Updated Home Tour on my Alissa Evelyn YouTube channel https://youtu.be/VIEVnpud1NY

Crowdfarming - Direct from the grower Organic Fruit https://www.crowdfarming.com/en/search?q=persimmons&tab=boxes&sort=date

Copper String Lights for the stairs https://www.noma.co.uk/products/200-fit-forget-b-o-warm-white-bare-wire-led-string-lights

Grapat Advent Calendar https://www.grapat.eu/products/advent-calendar/

Slow Scenes of Home Advent resource https://www.instagram.com/slowscenesofhome/

Earth Prayers from Around the World by Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:

https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/

https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about home renovations, the ups and downs of having our bathroom redone and our rooms painted. And ultimately about always choosing joy in the process, practicing gratitude and why we consistently choose good quality over the cheaper, easier option.

Mentioned:

Episode with Lizzie "Colourful Country Living" https://youtu.be/0MUUUbDVdBI?si=pb1J9ReDb8aPpkbj

Rajiv Surendra's Autumn Wardrobe https://youtu.be/8UtkOreF_Lo?si=oBPo_ABuUgJd8oRg

My craft room tour https://youtu.be/LqnHzgx7ALc?si=AmKyRgc0kMid-z0x

My house tour from 5 years ago https://youtu.be/OPueJq7R4lE?si=mypX87ZO3y289kCN

All Creatures Great and Small on Channel 5

I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:

https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/

https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn

Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira