ADDED LATER:  I'm having computer problems, I'll be back later this week or early next week.   Melbourne comes out of lockdown today...

I don't work nearly as hard as my mother or grandma, or, no doubt, their grandmothers. I'm fortunate to have appliances that make ho...

I don't remember if I told you about the American magazine Taproot's latest edition. The current edition features four simple living...

It's been a good week for me working at home, with a trip out and mostly lovely weather. I'm not doing more than I usually do, I'...

Although Hanno and I used to eat a wide variety of foods, now we both prefer the food we ate as we were growing up. The food from our mother...

We celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary during the week with tea and cake on the front verandah.  We were married in Hamburg in 1979. A c...

Hello everyone!  It's Saturday morning here, I've just come back from doing a small top-up grocery shop, and now I'm here at the...

I just checked my local Woolworths online and fresh ginger is currently $45 a kilo! If you use a lot of ginger in your food and drinks, it w...

Surprisingly, life is rolling along nicely here despite the chaos that Covid is causing in Australia and around the rest of the world. We do...