I received an email during the week from a reader who has been mourning her husband for seven years. She said she's given up on housewor...

I didn't understand the significance of caring for a home until I gave up working for a living and started building a slower life which ...

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. It's a lovely way to mark my special day. I haven't taken any new photos for this post, mainly b...

It's my birthday today, I'm 76. 🙂  I love being my age. Every stage of life brings new joys and challenges and now is no different....

I've been writing about change recently, mostly because I've undergone significant change in the last two years but also because tha...

One of the things I love about living alone is that I can do whatever I want to do. I've always been independent and a loner but this pu...

I gave up looking through supermarket specials catalogues years ago when I realised that 90 percent of what they reduced in price was junk f...

When I simplified my life I thought not much would change in the future. Looking back on it now, things didn't change for many years but...