I wish it wasn’t like this but money has a lot to do with simple living. I guess it’s naive to think that money, and the power attached to ...

We set off early, just the three of us - Hanno, Alice and me, with the sun almost breaking over the horizen, heading for Shane and Sarndra&#...

My knitting stash and knitting needles. One of the lovely things about first coming to your simple life is that you make your day-to-day liv...

Although I didn't do much in the way of chores on the weekend, I did bake some barmbrack . Barmbrack is a traditional Irish fruit brea...

I've been looking forward to today ... Thursday is the first day of the week when I'm home all day. Being at work since Monday has ...

Yesterday held the kind of loveliness that only comes in late Winter here. The morning was cold but it warmed to a mild day which almos...

It generally takes a lot to change patterns of behaviour but change is happening right here in Australia, and I'm sure all around th...

Lions organic pure cotton My house is untidy. I'm at home today so I'll have plenty of time to put things back in their rightful pl...

Yesterday was the coldest day of the year here in our little home. It was raining and dark and just right for a day of reflection and knitt...

Graphic from the Carl Larsen gallery I was going to write about starting off your chicken flock but there are a few loose ends from yesterda...

There is a season for all things. I know the way Hanno and I live now will change in the future. At some point, we will grow too tired to ...

My life seems to be nicely balanced at the moment. I have days at home when I cook, garden, write, sew, knit and relax and just when I feel...

I get the impression sometimes that a few of my friends here think I'm a bit of a saint, and that I selflessly work from daylight to dus...