This is the first post in a short series on cooking for one. If you're in a larger family, search in my right side bar, under my photo, ...

I am so grateful to have such a wonderful group of readers. I don't say this often but your comments really do keep me blogging. When th...

I think there are two main areas of concern for families and homemakers today - providing healthy food for the family and reducing the cost ...

Sometimes readers ask me how I keep going and why housework isn't boring for me.  It is boring sometimes but boredom doesn't stop me...

It's been a busy week, a mix of doctors, decisions and housework. Hanno is still unwell and now we're waiting to hear about another ...

It's been a good week for me working at home, with a trip out and mostly lovely weather. I'm not doing more than I usually do, I'...

Although Hanno and I used to eat a wide variety of foods, now we both prefer the food we ate as we were growing up. The food from our mother...

We celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary during the week with tea and cake on the front verandah.  We were married in Hamburg in 1979. A c...