I'm very pleased to let you know that my Down to Earth hardcover book will be available soon from Amazon. The books are currently on t...

I asked Hanno to buy some lamb neck chops for me last week and since then they've been sitting in the freezer ear-marked for Scotch bro...

Virginia Woolf once said: A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction . I'm not sure I agree with that but...

Ironing has never been my favourite activity. For many years, there has always been washing waiting to be ironed in my home. Sometimes I...

I'm feeling more comfortable as the weeks fly by. It's cool most mornings now and as I walk down to the chicken coop early ...

Yesterday we went to Costco for the first time. I didn't know what to expect but I'd been looking around for two floor rugs and the...

Before we moved into our home here 18 years ago, we owned the house but had tenants in it. While we were still living up north, we contract...

What a wild and wooly weekend we had here. It rained all day Friday with a total of over 300mm/12 inches of rain. In the afternoon, just af...

It's wet and windy here but it might be fine on the weekend. Whatever the weather, I'll be writing and helping Hanno look after...

Hello everyone! Just a short post today to give you the recipe for the banana cake I made this week. This cake usually has walnuts in it bu...