This is another post on dishcloths. If you've had your fill of them, turn away now and come back later in the week. I've had a few ...

Hanno and I are always looking for low-tech ways to improve what we do here so when Tricia and I stopped at a thrift shop the other day and...

I received an email a couple of weeks ago from a couple who have been following my blog for over a year. They have two children, both are ...

Well, I've just spent a few busy days catering for a community development seminar at my neighbourhood centre. Three days spent out in ...

Tomorrow, the Future Tense program on Radio National will do a follow up interview with me. The program starts at 8.30am and I think I'...

I've never been what you would call an organised person but now I feel a bit like a quantum physicist - out of the chaos, order emerges....

I have written here in the past about the satisfaction Hanno and I feel by being independent. For us, independence means that we're ab...

It's been a wild and woolly weekend here with a lot of rain and wind. Our rain gauge overflowed so I'm not sure how much we got b...

I received an email recently from a woman who has developed a phobia about cooking from scratch, particularly when it involves cooking meat...

There are certain times of the year and certain tasks we do here that almost define how we live. Spring is one of those times. The beginni...