This is the view from my work room window, taken yesterday morning. I've had three emails in the past week from people who are a ...

There is something about Sunday afternoons. I'm not sure what it is but I know they feel different to every other afternoon. I'm wr...

Are you getting yourself organised for the end of year holidays? I made up three bottles of ginger beer yesterday and today, I'll...

I love to have a homemade treat to serve when people come to visit and stay for a cup of tea and I usually make a cake or biscuits during t...

I don't think I've written about travel and transport before and I'm not sure why because I do think about it a lot.  When I ga...

As I wander around the web, I sometimes find homemakers who aren't really at peace with their role. From what I can see, these are all ...

My beautiful mother, Jean St Claire McGrath, died 20 years ago today. If she were alive now, she would be 94 years old. Even now, there...

I am inclined towards a solitary life. Even though I have my family and friends around me, they know that this is my preference and therefo...

All of us who grow food, keep chickens or bees, milk a house cow or a goat, or keep pigs have to know a thing or two about the seasons. Her...

The older I get, the more often I'm reminded of my own mortality. Hanno has very painful gout again. It came up out of the blue and has...