This is our garden yesterday afternoon. Those of you who have been reading here for a few years will know that Hanno starts our new y...

I was both surprised and delighted when a young woman I met at one of the libraries started talking about not going back to work after her ...

Although I don't write about it nearly as much as I think about it, food budgeting is one of my favourite topics. It's the firs...

This is the soap made last week using calendula-infused oil. I love making soap. It's another piece of the self-reliance puzzle a...

Housework is boring!  Hmmm, yes, it might be. If I resented having to do housework, rushed through it so I could have time online or wi...

We had lunch with Kerry, Sunny and Jamie last Friday when we invited them to join us at a German restaurant up in the mountains. It was rea...

I used to hate being defined by my job. If I was anything, I said to myself, I was not a technical writer for the mining industry, I was mu...

I've spent the past few days baking, sewing and knitting. They are such simple, old-fashioned tasks and I know my great grandmothers (a...

Before I start my post, I just have to say this to the world: Sunny and Jamie will be home again next week! I have missed them so much, I c...