When we first decided to become home bodies and to make and mend as much as we could, I thought we'd be leading a quiet life and the lo...

There have been many claims about how our future will be shaped by the end of cheap fuel and increasing prices that will result from that. ...

I get many emails asking my opinion on this and that. I'm sure you all know I'm not a counsellor or any sort and I not familiar wit...

I think we'd all agree that written words play a very important role in our lives. I blog almost every day and write every day. As well...

The very talented Renata Kirkpatrick will be at the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre next Tuesday, 12.30 - 2.30 pm,  for Crafternoon. Renate wil...

I had an email from a reader last week asking two questions: If you were to start over again, what activities would you start with first...

There is no doubt that living as we do and trying to stay on budget presents us with many decisions. Do we buy organic? Do we buy local? Do...

I had to go to Caloundra last week and while I was there I went into Woolworths to buy yeast. Seems simple enough, doesn't it? But I ha...

A pillow from home made an excellent table for me as we travelled along. I had the GPS, the itinerary and the map as well as my knitting...

We had a wonderful mixture of resting, planning and working over the weekend. We're getting ready for our new season vegetable garden a...

We're almost ready to go. The house sitters are here, we have enough cat food for Hettie, I've just watered the plants, we've s...

I went to a long meeting at the Neighbourhood Centre yesterday. It was a three hour planning meeting to decide what we'll be doing this...

Hanno and I have been unusually social these past couple of days. Last Thursday we went out to lunch at a newly renovated and reopened loca...

I spent the last couple of days at Maleny working at the Neighbourhood Centre. Yesterday was very busy with a simple living workshop in t...

Dear Down to Earth blog I've been writing you for a few years now and although you feel like a very close friend, you also keep me on...

Here in Australia, summer is the time for floods, bush fires, severe storms and cyclones. I'm sure everyone remembers the devastating f...