It's Hanno's birthday today. He's 72!  Happy birthday Hanno. :- ) I've been thinking a lot about blogging lately. I'm...

I've found that I benefit from taking short breaks from the blog so that is what I'm doing now. I have a some things I need to do, ...

In my real life the other day someone asked if I ever got bored writing my blog. She said it had been going for so long, "haven't ...

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...

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...

Dear Down to Earth blog I've been writing you for a few years now and although you feel like a very close friend, you also keep me on...

How do you blog? What makes your blog so popular? What's your blogging secret? These are three questions I'm often asked. The simpl...

We had a bit of excitement here last week, I was interviewed for  Women's Weekly  magazine. They wanted photos to go with the interview ...

This is probably not the post you're hoping for today but I need to say something before it makes my head explode.  What I cho...

Well, you could knock me down with a feather.  This blog won best Australian or New Zealand blog in the 2011 Bloggies, announced today in Lo...

Thank you for your encouraging comments yesterday.  I appreciate them all very much.  It is very heartening to know that something I enjoy s...

When I started blogging I felt like a bit of an outcast.  Many of the people who were blogging about simplifying then had a political agenda...