As the days move towards Christmas and the end of the year, it's a good time to do a few small cleaning jobs. Many of us will have visi...

I spent some time sorting out my silver cutlery recently. It was all over the place. When we're here alone, Hanno and I use few knives ...

I'm sure most of you who knit, sew or create with your hands will identify with this. I'm trying to organise my work room so I have...

I'm quite comfortable with chaos. I like order because it helps me be productive and efficient, but chaos is an old friend. Recently, S...

When I first decided that I'd had enough of my rampant spending and the insidious system that encouraged it, I realised that a lot of t...

I think we all have drawers where we throw in junk that we don't want sitting on the counter top. My junk drawer is in the kitchen, jus...

Laura and Daniel's baby boy was born yesterday, another tiny baby for our family to love and nurture. Congratulations Laura and Dan, an...

Even though I haven't written about our stockpile for a long time, it is still sustaining us. During our busy period with the book and ...

With all this rain around we've developed a mould problem in our home. Usually we have the front and back doors open and that good vent...

I was asked at a recent workshop what liquid I use to wash up. This is such a painful question for me because I've been chopping and ch...

I made soap again yesterday and it has given me a chance to reply to an email inquiry I had about a month ago. Jenine asked: "I was ju...