How often do we get the chance to help someone whose life has been completely turned upside down? Not often. We do favours for people, we ...

Hello ladies. The sign-up deadine for the swap is now over. I am glad so many of you have joined our new swap. I am especially happy that...

Our luffas (loofahs) are almost ready to pick. They have snaked their way up a very high trellis, grown in the sun and rain of summer,...

I must have done something good in the past to deserve the wonderful group of readers I have here. I was overwhelmed by the response to ye...

Don't let them fool you, there is joy to be found at home. If you listen to the people who don't know that, you'll be thinking ...

Having the time and the inclination to make many of the things we use here is one of the most satisfying things about living this way. I lo...

Hello all, Sharon here. I am a bit late in announcing a new swap today. I have decided that we will be swapping something very useful and so...

I don't have time to post today but Eilleen at Consumption Rebellion has written a very interesting and intelligent post at the co-op ...

Changing old habits and establishing new routines is one of the hardest things you'll do when you move from a consumerist mindset t...

Thanks for that previous post, Sharon. The money being raised for the fire victims is growing steadily. Australians have always been gener...