I really enjoyed Christmas day. I had my family here and we feasted on a cold lunch of leg ham, prawns oysters, pork belly, roast potatoes, ...

Surprisingly, life is rolling along nicely here despite the chaos that Covid is causing in Australia and around the rest of the world. We do...

My sincere thanks to everyone who sent a birthday message yesterday. I had such a good day. I didn't do any work, I relaxed, read, garde...

It’s my 73rd birthday today so I’m looking back and deeper, trying to find where I fit in the scheme of things. I’ve lived through an incred...

This is the first foxglove flower I've ever grown. I just love them but always thought our climate was too harsh for them to grow here. ...

This week I've been working on promoting the Down to Earth paperback on radio and writing articles for magazines and online. The weathe...

My son had to go back to hospital last Sunday with a nasty infection under his arm. He had a melanoma and lymph gland removed in late Septem...

My apologies for not posting this on Friday. I had a few things to do yesterday, and it's almost the end of the year and I'm tired. ...

Here is our really tasty lime cordial alongside a jar of radish sprouts I just started. I bought a small bag of limes when I was shopping la...

I thought about writing a new book to show how simple life could help you thrive when Covid is active in your community. But when I thought ...

I had some new paperback Down to Earth books sent to me during the week and decided to sign and sell them. I sent the first batch off yester...

It's been a busy week here.  Hanno was in the hospital on Monday to have an angiogram. We thought he might be headed for heart surgery b...

I want to start today by thanking everyone who bought a paperback copy of Down to Earth. The hardback was published in 2012 and became a be...

We've continued to get the garden ready for summer but the most important part of this week has been preparing for the publication of th...

We got our internet connection back yesterday afternoon so I'm pleased to be back with you. There'll be no Weekend Reading today bec...

We had "scheduled maintenance" on our NBN on Thursday and now we have limited broadband and no explanation why. Anyhow, I'd al...

Tomorrow is Hanno's 80th birthday so our family will be here for lunch and celebrations. I met Hanno when he was 37 and I was 28, we sur...