I made a new batch of soap on the weekend.  It's the olive, rice bran, coconut oils mix I usually make but soap may be made with many di...

It will surprise few of you to know that I don't spend much money on moisturisers and skin care.  I don't see the need when I have m...

Today's workspoce comes to us from Jill in the USA.  Jill has sent in a photo and a link to a You Tube video.  I hope you enjoy her stor...

Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts for Bernadette and I.  I spent a short amount of time with her yesterday because she was too we...

Despite being at home surrounded by what should be my housework, lately I've slipped out of my daily rhythm and life has become a disorg...

Here is the work space of one very busy lady, Rebecca.  It never fails to amaze me how we all live in different countries where expectations...

Rachel asked about making soup from scratch, so here are my thoughts on soups.  I have two regulars  I make frequently over winter that are ...

Back in the day, before the invention of supermarkets, most of our food was unpackaged and much of it was fresh.  I remember a time when the...

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on the radio interview.  I'm back at my voluntary job today so I'm going to introduce...

A few weeks ago Radio National contacted me and asked if I would be interviewed for their program Life Matters.  I've listened to Life M...

When you pick up your needles and start knitting for the first time, you'll join an extended family that covers the globe and goes back ...

I was asked to write a guest post on the ABC Pool site.  It's described as "a social media space that brings together ABC professio...

This is one last Kitchen Sink post.  It is from Liz, who sent the photos and info some time ago but it didn't arrive at my end.  Anyhow,...

Living this simple life is quite different to how I imagined it would be.  When we first changed our spending habits, stopped buying stuf...

Last Wednesday was Sorry Day in Australia.  Sorry Day has been held on May 26 each year since 1998 to commemorate  and remember the history ...

One of the great benefits of eating food you have cooked from scratch is that you know what you are eating.  The ideal is that you buy all t...

I'm really pleased to open the new series of work space photos with Margy's place in Canada.  This, my friends, is spectacular!  Mar...

I think we're are gaining ground.  There has been a shift away from the purchased conveniences of modern living, women and men are begi...