<B><I>The Cottage Life</I> reflects our collective desire to escape the chaos of modern existence; to live with more purpose, more compassion and more joy.</B><BR/> <BR/><B><I>The Cottage Life</I></B> is an essential guide to slow and simple living, inspired by the <B>magical world of cottagecore</B>. To follow the cottagecore aesthetic is to wear <B>secondhand clothes</B> that tell their own stories; to <B>bake fresh bread and cakes</B>, no matter how wonky the outcome; to <B>spend time in nature</B>, to observe and draw the plants, to<B> breathe fresh</B><B>air </B>and to <B>connect with species beyond our own.</B><BR/><BR/> It is taking the time to<B> notice the seasons change</B>, or to turn off your screen mindfully and <B>pick up an old novel</B> instead. It is <B>lighting a fire on the first cool night of autumn</B> and sipping a fresh cup of tea by the fireplace, or <B>watching the first spring leaves unfurl</B> after the long, dark winter.<BR/><BR/><B>Celebrating th