My home made 100% cotton napkins. The ones in the fan are small, the larger ones are at the front. I'm trying to do without as many &quo...

I live a very fortunate life. My husband and I have been hard workers all our lives and we are now enjoying the fruits of that hard work. We...

This is a rant that I need to get off my chest. It not specifically to do with simple living, although I do think it's part of it. You c...

I've had a number of emails this past month from readers who asked about significant changes - the grand gestures of life - and how thei...

Looks like what ever the problem was with the blog loading is now fixed. I thought some of you might like some more details on the lamp skir...

It's not finished yet but it's looking good enough to show. The walls that we started a few weeks ago, and stopped for visitors and ...

When my sons were in primary school, there was an anti-drug message aimed specifically at kids to say no to drugs. It was on T shirts, on TV...

I've been thinking a lot about growing old lately. It's something that's never really bothered me before, but seeing H so sick a...

I am reading, yet again, Home Comforts, by Cheryl Mendelson. I found this book about five years ago and it cemented my ideas about the impor...

You can enlarge this photo by clicking on it. Another project I'd like to share with you is this one - my Christmas decorations. I made ...

Picture from allposters.com Lea rning how to stop spending is one of the most difficult things to do when you first start living m...

The 90/10 principle. I spent the first 30 years of my life expecting the exeptional to be the norm but ninety percent of life is not except...

Someone wanted this stitchery pattern. It might have been Jenny. I'm not really sure now. Anyhow, everyone is welcome to use it. : )

It's Christmas in July here next weekend. For our international friends that is the time when many Australians - at least those in area...

As soon as you realise that lifestyle change is essential in every affluent country and understand that you must be part of that change, you...

I’ve been thinking a lot about positive role models lately and how there are so few of them. I look at my friends and none of them live a...

This quilt was made by my sister when she sat with our mother as she was dying. I want to encourage all of you who aren't yet making th...

It was going to be too time consuming to convert the drawings to PDFs so here are some that you can "save as". Jenny, I'm assu...

I started the sourdough starter on July 1 with one cup of flour and one cup of rainwater. Then my back gave me a lot of grief so although I ...

I spent a leisurely afternoon making my apron and although there are flaws - the bib is too wide, the ties too long and I had to patch fabri...