When I was 17 or 18 and started going into the city to have fun with my friends, I clearly remember my mother lying awake waiting for me to...

Living and loving hand-made -  Mollymakes Shawl collar Cowl @ Purlbee How to make a tyre ottoman @ Recycle, reuse, renew Mother Earth...

It's a fine line we walk sometimes - that line between having enough and having too much. One of the things that confuses many of us wh...

I am filled with unmitigated optimism at the moment because I have made some decisions lately, based solely on what I want to do. Selfish I...

Writing a book and gaining an amount of public exposure because of it has been rewarding but also had a down side. The down side is that I ...

I've been harvesting a lot from the garden lately and the excess, as usual, is either frozen or pickled. I did up a nice batch of beetr...

Living with the Amish - this link will probably only work for Australian readers due to the copyright laws. If you have a spare hour, watch...

Laura and Daniel's baby boy was born yesterday, another tiny baby for our family to love and nurture. Congratulations Laura and Dan, an...

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 ...