As promised, here is the itinerary for our book tour. Hanno will be with me all through the tour and Tricia will fly to Hobart and trave...

I love living within the confines of my home and after closing the gate to luxuriate in the isolation I often stay here for days, and somet...

My new book, The Simple Home , was delivered to me a few days ago. I spent time over recent days looking at it and remembering the relent...

It's our 36th wedding anniversary today.  Hanno and I were married in Hamburg in 1979 and all these years later, we're still go...

We went to the Real Food Festival in Maleny yesterday. Hanno, Jamie and I packed ourselves in the car, drove up the mountain and wandered a...

I'm pleased and proud to show you a sneak peak of my new book (my last). I don't have too much to tell you yet. It's still in t...

This is a photo of me with my Penguin editor Jo Rosenberg, taken on our front verandah.  Today is a milestone in Jo's life because i...

I'm very pleased to let you know that my Down to Earth hardcover book will be available soon from Amazon. The books are currently on t...

I'm delighted to tell you that last Friday I signed my third contract with Penguin for another book: The Simple Home . It will be a har...

My second book, The Simple Life , the first in a series of six, is published by Penguin today. I am one of those writers who never thought ...

I'm tired today, too tired to write anything sensible, so I'll leave our budget post until tomorrow.  Yesterday Hanno and I took th...

The Down to Earth eBook is being released by Penguin today. Yipee! I had a few sample pages emailed to me last week and I'm really ple...

Dear 2012  I'm writing to you on 12.12.12 because some people think there are magical qualities attached to the date, and a...

I am filled with unmitigated optimism at the moment because I have made some decisions lately, based solely on what I want to do. Selfish I...

Today is a new beginning for me because yesterday I did the last of my public appearances. I made a committment to myself to promote the bo...

There are few things more grounding and self-affirming than working quietly in your own home to provide comfort and healthy food for yourse...