I want to carry on from my post about tightening your belt because there are more important things to consider. Yesterday I wrote about the...

Winter in the subtropics. There is no better time or place on this earth. I've had five days off to wander at will around our home. It&#...

This is the view from the surf club where we had lunch on Friday. After lunch we watched the movie Then She Found Me , which we both ...

This candle, made of beeswax, was sent to me over the ocean by the lovely Niki at rural writings. Hi Niki! We have a public holiday here ne...

Although I live a simple life and I am free, on any given day, to do as I please, I find that work is an part essential of my everyday life....

I have often thought that modern society has divided into two camps – adults and children. This might seem quite obvious to you but I don’t ...

It's easy to get caught up in posts about producing food when we're trying to live a frugal and sustainable life but the truth of it...

There is always something to do in the garden at the moment. I love the photo above, it is of Hanno planting tomatoes with the chooks watchi...

After a few days writing about budgeting and money I want to balance the scale today on what really spins my world. I want to tell you about...

Hopefully this will be the last post about money for a while. Our budget is an important part of our simple life. It gives us a spending pl...

Hanno and I spent two hours on our budget yesterday. We checked old bills and we had our little (solar) calculator running hot. We put 2 and...

There have been many emails and very thoughtful and helpful comments to my previous post. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Every comment ...

We have come to the sad realisation that we are not makings ends meet. In the past month our fuel costs have risen from $120 a month to $150...

I want to encourage every one of you who choose to live simply to do it on your own terms. There is no rule book for simple living, we a...

There is a corner in our backyard that holds a corrugated iron water tank, an outdoor kitchen sink with running water attached, old buckets ...

I've been writing emails this morning instead of posting so here are some photos taken last week but not posted. Clicking on the photos ...

On Tuesday I'll be doing the final session of my Centre's frugal living workshop. I told everyone I'd bring along a few more thr...

There is a revolution happening out there. It’s starting right in front of you, at the kitchen sink. Most of my regular readers would know I...

It was cold here yesterday. Well, let me qualify that - it was cold for here. The highest temp was 19C (66F), and while I worked away at the...

This is the second part of our simple lives. It's been a real eyeopener to me to read all these incredible stories. Thanks to everyone w...