Thank you so much for your good wishes for Kerry, Sunny and the baby.  We, and they, appreciate everyone of them.  It's been a while si...

When I first started blogging I felt a bit like a fish out of water. Not only was I much older than most of my fellow bloggers but I was ...

These past few mornings have been a real reminder that Winter is here and most mornings I sit at my computer in woolly slippers and at least...

I received the following comment during the week from Monique who wrote: ... we want to sell our place and search for a new home we can...

I had a wonderful weekend pottering around doing this and that, and I even had a sleep in my chair, wrapped in a blanket, after watching Doc...

This is a continuation of yesterday post on living within a "simple life" framework.  The areas we're focusing on today are: b...

I continue to have a sprinkling of emails every week asking for tips on how to start living a simpler life or how to continue once the first...

I am in a bit of a rush this morning so I'll just share some photos I took on the weekend as well as some I have taken recently but have...

I clearly remember that split second I became a mother.  Lying in a labour ward in Germany, in a hospital far, far away from my home, this...

I'm happy to tell you that although Sharon is not out of the woods yet, she's showing some signs of improvement.  She's still ...

I have been thinking a lot about my life recently, particularly about why I am happy to live as I do while to others it seems like hardsh...

There is no doubt about it, when most of us think of living a simple life, we think of the country.  Hanno and I live on the edge of a rura...