Over the years I've been asked many times what is the key to a simple life. I've thought long and hard about it and I reckon there ...

Thanks to everyone who inquired about Hanno's health. He's fine now, his eye has healed well and apart from eye drops every two hou...

Carrying on from yesterday's post I thought it would be a good opportunity to explore the feelings connected with being at home and kno...

This post is from March 2011 Can you remember back to when you had babies to care for and how careful you were with their bedding? You...

Hanno's surgery went very well yesterday. We're going back for a checkup this morning but it all looks good and he's feeling fi...

I'm having a short break from the blog for the rest of the week. In the meantime, I'll post some old posts that I think are stil...

We spent a delightful Saturday out at Bell, about 200km west of here, with a group of ladies, and two men - Hanno and one of the husbands. ...

Afternoon winter sun in the bedroom. This is part of a recent email I received from a young reader here called Stacey. She is asking a...

We've just finished our first decade of living in a more simple and mindful way and have come through that time much more self reliant ...

Maya, I didn't answer your question because I just found your post in the spam folder. It sounds like the chooks aren't getting ano...

It was a public holiday for Show Day here last Friday, so all day Friday I thought it was Saturday and on Saturday I thought it was Sunday....

According to the media, it seems that young families and pensioners are the two main groups feeling the most pressure due to the current fi...

When we first decided to become home bodies and to make and mend as much as we could, I thought we'd be leading a quiet life and the lo...

Today I'm commenting on Cat's recent comment. She asked me to talk about "green guilt". Add your thoughts on this as...