Just before I travelled to Blackheath, I received this email from "Mary". I asked if it was okay to use it in a post because ...
I can't help myself. It's winter here. I have to do a knitting post. I'm starting to see myself as a dishcloth queen. When I ...
It's been a big couple of weeks here with preparations, workshops and travel. I'm really pleased to be home and I'm looking for...
I left Tricia's on Tuesday morning after my nephew Daniel poured warm water on the windscreen to get rid of the ice. It took abou...
Hello everyone! I'm still at Tricia's and it's freezing. We had a wonderful weekend meeting some beautiful people at the worksh...
I had such a wonderful time on the 1500km trip from home to Tricia's. I got up at 12.30am, had a cup of tea and a crumpet, organised my...
I just realised this post didn't come through as scheduled. Sorry, it was supposed to be published on Monday morning. I'm off on ...
This is Hanno at the Susan River Homestead near Hervey Bay. We visited there on Tuesday to give a short talk at the Queensland Carers R...
I had a great time yesterday sewing and organising myself and my work room. You know that I'm visiting my sister, Tricia, next week an...
If you're keeping chickens in the backyard, often you'll reach a point when you have too many eggs. Luckily, eggs are always easy t...
A couple of years ago, Queensland experienced severe flooding in many areas. I still remember the shock and sadness I felt when I watched T...
I'm looking forward to conducting simple living workshops at Stockyard Creek in the Lockyer Valley this weekend. I love meeting people ...
I originally wrote this post in 2008 and have resurrected it hoping that you'll find it interesting and helpful. I'm too busy to w...
I loved the interesting comments that came through yesterday. Parents sharing their experiences in an open way always has the potential to ...
Now that we're looking after Jamie occasionally, it's brought back a lot of memories about how things were when my own sons were ba...
There was a little visitor to our chicken coop last night.  I found him this morning when I let the girls out. It looks like a little b...
Mother's Day is a day set aside to recognise the role of mothers and the importance mothers play in our lives and in the life of the na...
It's Wednesday morning, 10.03, the aroma of homemade biscuits is wafting through our house. Is there any better fragrance? I have a few...
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