I'm looking forward to the weekend. I have three busy weeks ahead when I'll be speaking at our libraries and sewing here in my ...

Here it is! I have two advance copies of The Simple Life. It will be published on 25 March. They arrived yesterday so I quickly took ...

I come from a family of cooks and book lovers. Both my sons and my daughter-in-law are fine dining chefs, my father was a baker. I am a kee...

Putting nutritious food on the kitchen table is one of the tasks a homemaker must repeat every day. I cringe when I think of the many times...

There was a milestone of sorts yesterday. The 200,000th visitor came and went, so who knows where we'll go from here. I don't always...

This is the beginnings last night's dinner, prepared in the guest bathroom. There are cooked potatoes in the colander at the back, radi...

I had my eyes tested on Monday and was told I have cataracts on both eyes. They're not bad enough to be operated on yet but he said the...

I have been amazed and delighted in these past few months to see the mainstream media finally give time and space to the problems associated...

I heard myself say this on radio the other morning: "Being thrifty is not about large amounts. You rarely make those large savings. I...

According to the media, it seems that young families and pensioners are the two main groups feeling the most pressure due to the current fi...

I've had quite a few readers ask about Gracie's food. What we feed our animals is important to me because I want them to have a goo...

This is the first post in a series that will revisit the basic elements of simple life. It's about how we live here but also about the ...

I am often asked what areas people should simplify first.  That question really has a lot of answers, depending on the person asking.  The g...

One of the many things I love about the way I live is that I never feel helpless. I feel I'm in control of what I'm doing and where...

Hello everyone. Here are the recipes shared after my request yesterday. Thanks to all who posted their budget recipes. I have fixed the spac...