Thank you for your generous and beautiful comments yesterday. We both loved them. I'll be posting our itinerary as soon as it's rea...

Thanks to everyone who sent an order or an inquiry about buying my book. I've answered some of you and will answer you all when Hanno g...

I live a charmed life. We live here, on this fertile land with a creek running by it, at the end of a one-lane street, surrounded by a few ...

There is no doubt about it, the cost of living continues to rise and unless we take stock of what we can do in our own lives, we'll be ...

By the look of the comments yesterday, there is a need for another bread tutorial. I didn't have time yesterday to answer the bulk of ...

When I first gave up working for a living I did that hoping that if we were thrifty, if we cut back, if we gave up a couple of the things w...

Today is the beginning of my work year. I had such a good break with Hanno; we've been watching cricket, snoozing on the lounge, laughi...

Things are very slow here. We're doing what we're supposed to do at this time of year. We're enjoying the sunshine in the backy...

It been a very big year at the Hetzel home. Our main excitement and joy was to welcome the first two members of our family's next gener...

I received this email from a reader last week and I have to admit I'd not really given the topic much thought until then. "I wa...