It looks like I live a traditional, old-fashioned life and yet I believe my lifestyle is revolutionary and rebellious. Yes, I bake bread and...

For the past couple of decades I've been knitting dishcloths. I generally knit some for gifts through the year and I make sure I always ...

Here at our place Mondays are the same as Thursdays, Thursdays the same as Sundays; each day we get up and usually know what we have to do....

If you think about all the negatives we hear about ageing, or even if you just watch modern life from the sidelines, you'll probably ge...

It was 42C on the verandah here yesterday but I believe it was much hotter out west. I'm very grateful we have an air-conditioned house...

I was contacted by "Jenna" last week asking for help with a major life change. Jenna is a nurse, five months pregnant with her fi...

I've happily returned to ironing. I used to do a bit to help my mum when I was a teenager. I hated ironing then and my attitude towards...

It's exhilarating and exciting settling in new chickens and setting up a vegetable garden for another year. Of course the chickens requ...