I'll take the opportunity today to answer an email I received last week from a reader. "Jackie" told me she started on ...

I've finished organising the accommodation for our road trip. We're overnighting in 16 different locations, two nights on a ship,...

If you're in a warm climate, rosellas are a very useful and unusual plant to grow in the backyard. They're a wild hibiscus, grown i...

I love living within the confines of my home and after closing the gate to luxuriate in the isolation I often stay here for days, and somet...

In 2011, the  Australian Women's Weekly  visited us at home to take photos for a feature article they did on me. In one of the photos, ...

I do a lot of baking, it's my preferred method of cooking and I'd say I use my oven four or five times a week. We had to replace ou...

There is a lovely feeling of contentment attached to doing work I enjoy, whether it be paid or unpaid work. When I worked for a living, I a...

There was some much needed rain here yesterday. Our small 5000 litre tank overflowed an hour after the rain started.  It was short lived bu...

On this Australia Day I recognise many great Australians who work for the good of their local communities and for our country. Most Austral...

Summer is slipping by much faster than it used to. I have clear memories of the week between Christmas and New Year passing so slowly it fe...