I know many of you will already be doing this, or at least know about it, but cooking in a saucepan with a steamer on top is a frugal and n...

Good morning friends. The lovely Ben at Penguin has given me two The Simple Home books to give away.  I'll give one away in Ju...

January, week 3 in  The Simple Home Thinking back on all the houses I've lived in as an adult, I've never walked into one that wa...

It's heart warming to see knitters around the world clicking away on their projects and taking a photo  or two so we can enjoy their w...

I took advantage of the Aldi special on cucumbers this week and bought 10 continental cucumbers for 79 cents each. It's good to sto...

January, week 2 in The Simple Home This is another of those topics where there will be vast differences in the way all of us do things. ...

I send warm wishes to my friends in California where deadly mudslides have cause such heartache.  Indeed, wherever you are in the wor...

I've been very pleased to read how you're organising yourselves with the help of various calendars, reminders and organisational to...

January, week 1 in  The Simple Home Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.  ~ Abrah...

I thought I'd write a post to introduce my main 2018 project of strolling through The Simple Home book. It's almost two years sinc...