Last week I received an email from a reader who asked about working parents. She has three children, she and her husband both work (her hus...

Age is starting to make its mark on me. When I was younger, I didn't think about age and I didn't feel a particular age. There has ...

Here in Australia, summer is the time for floods, bush fires, severe storms and cyclones. I'm sure everyone remembers the devastating f...

When our garden is in full production, we have too much food to eat all of it fresh. Often we give some to family and friends but when ther...

This is Lucy. We're down to seven chickens now. We have barred Plymouth Rock Lulubelle, buff Orphington Martha, Australorps Cocobe...

You often see loofahs being sold in shops; in Australia they're sold at the Chemist. People see them and know they're sponges but...

I've been cooking from scratch since I started cooking nearly fifty years ago. It makes sense to me because it's tastier, I know wh...

I'd like to clarify some things after reading a couple of yesterday's comments. I am sure my long term readers already know this an...

I received an email from a young married woman in her late 20s the other day. She is trying to decide whether to give up a career in teach...

I hate wasting time. Let me make it clear though, my time wasting doesn't include sitting on the front verandah staring into space, rea...

I did a post on green cleaning recipes in 2007 and over the years since then I've changed some of the things I do with my cleaning and ...