Most of you know that we live in the sub tropics and one of the reasons we chose this area to live in was the annual rainfall. It wasn'...

These past few mornings have been a real reminder that Winter is here and most mornings I sit at my computer in woolly slippers and at least...

I forget if I told you that I'm having a two week break from my voluntary job.  It's been really hectic there all year with our move...

Yesterday, Hanno and I travelled down the coast to have lunch with our son Kerry and his lovely partner, Sunny.  Sunny is a chef too and she...

I'm happy to tell you that although Sharon is not out of the woods yet, she's showing some signs of improvement.  She's still ...

If there is one true thing I can count on, one thing that reconnects me with what is important and tells me, with certainty, that I am whe...

Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts for Bernadette and I.  I spent a short amount of time with her yesterday because she was too we...

Back in the day, before the invention of supermarkets, most of our food was unpackaged and much of it was fresh.  I remember a time when the...

Every morning, on that short walk over dewy grass to our chook house, I am usually aware of a feeling of acute optimism and hope for the day...