There was a time when I would have been extremely bored waking up in the morning and knowing every single thing that would happen to me that...

They arrived just as promised - twelve beautiful bantam eggs. Helen sent them from Perth on Friday, they travelled overnight and arrived in ...

I would like to give everyone a gentle reminder and, hopefully, a little strength to not go overboard with Christmas spending. I've rece...

Last week Ann asked if I had two dogs as usually Rosie is in my photos. Here are Alice (left) and Rosie together last night for Ann, and to ...

I had a lovely email from a reader today, an ex-New Yorker who has moved to PA. She's a writer and a contributor to the book Get Satisfi...

This is the beginnings last night's dinner, prepared in the guest bathroom. There are cooked potatoes in the colander at the back, radi...

I love it when the unexpected happens. It reminds me that no matter how much we plan things out, no matter how many people work on a job, no...

This is the quark I made from my yoghurt last week. It drained for four days before I could get back to it, but that's fine as long as i...

My simple life is changing all the time, just like any healthy process, it's not stagnant. I try to improve what I do so that I get the ...

This is my adorable dog, Rosie. Rosie is an Airedale Terrier and she's 12½ years old. Hanno has just clipped her for summer and she...

When I first started living as I am now, I was searching and hoping for happiness and contentment and thought I might find it with fewer pos...

I had an email from a dear reader yesterday asking for some thoughts on a life-career dilemma. Although I don't see myself as an expert ...

I found two very good posts this morning that you should read. One is by Little Jenny Wren and it contains some wise truths: http://littleje...

There is no doubt about it, running a home is complicated, and when you add in a partner, children, pets, homeschooling, work, gardens and w...

This photo is completely off today's topic, it's a small view of our front garden. It's spring here so we have all sorts of flo...

I'm feeling much better this afternoon. It's almost 4 o'clock and I've had the most blissfully lazy day. I even had a sleep,...

As most of your know Hanno and I took the plunge a few years ago and stopped working. We now use the hours we used to sell to others on ours...

It never occurred to me when I was a spender that I was actually giving away my independence. I thought the opposite. I believed I was ...

I read the following quote for the first time on Jewel's blog. It really sums up, in an eloquent way, how I feel about my home. If you w...

This is when your simple life starts. At this very minute. If you've decided you want to change the way you live and intend to make a pl...