Madge asked if I'd show a photo of the baby quilt that Tricia's currently making by hand for her first grandchild. She worked on it...

I'm trying to re-establish my routines - the main one that got me through every day before I modified much of it to write my book, but ...

Thirty-three years ago today, these two youngsters got married in Hamburg, Germany. We still look as goofy as we did then. I used this phot...

Before the global financial crisis (GFC) started in 2008, there was rarely anything in the press or on TV about budgeting, going back to ba...

Even though I haven't written about our stockpile for a long time, it is still sustaining us. During our busy period with the book and ...

My sister Tricia is visiting from the Blue Mountains so we took the opportunity to invite our cousin Susie and her husband, Nick, over for ...

Imports of fruits and vegetables into Australia have increased 60 percent in seven years. Cappers - traditional American grit. Intere...

It's been a busy week here. I've been making soap and cheese, we had all the therapy and doctor's visits and then yesterday, Ha...

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

We had a delightful day out on the water last Friday. A short drive over to the coast, then a 90 minute ferry trip along the Noosa river an...