It seems to be agreed now, we are headed for a few shaky years ahead. Some are saying it will be the same or worse than the Great Depressi...

Fifteen years ago, when Hanno and I first bought this little house, we drove along a one lane street, turned onto a dirt driveway a...

This is the quark I made from my yoghurt last week. It drained for four days before I could get back to it, but that's fine as long a...

I wrote yesterday about my life and how I have changed. I want to take that a step further today and write about how you might simplify,...

I had a wonderfully restful day yesterday and feel better for it today. Thank you for all the good wishes you sent. I've had some ...

It never occurred to me when I was a spender that I was actually giving away my independence. I thought the opposite. I believed I was th...

I'm having a short break but I noticed there are a lot of readers visiting this morning. I've decided to occasionally feature popula...

We had a beautiful Christmas morning.  It wasn't too hot, there were clouds blocking the sun and when we left home at 6.15am, there was ...

Today we have the last kitchen sink photo for the year.  We'll continue the series next year and soon I'll be calling for more photo...

Our boxing day kitchen sink is situated in America.  This kitchen is Pam's from Life on a Southern Farm blog.    Pam writes: "Thi...