I'm having a short break from the blog for the rest of the week. In the meantime, I'll post some old posts that I think are stil...

We spent a delightful Saturday out at Bell, about 200km west of here, with a group of ladies, and two men - Hanno and one of the husbands. ...

Happiness is a glass half empty. For all the new parents and grandparents. Some common sense about babies. Self sufficient, off the gri...

A woman asked me the other day for a couple of tips to keep her husband and teenage son happy at the dinner table. She's been trying to...

I had forgotten. Forgotten how full on it is to look after a newly walking toddler. We had a visit from Shane, Sarndra and Alex last wee...

Afternoon winter sun in the bedroom. This is part of a recent email I received from a young reader here called Stacey. She is asking a...

We've just finished our first decade of living in a more simple and mindful way and have come through that time much more self reliant ...

THIS IS AN URGENT NOTE for readers who are taking part in the current swap at the Down to Earth Forum. Becci is organising the swap and ...

I'm late today. We slept in. We're still in Toowoomba after spending the time here yesterday speaking at a couple of events at the ...

When you read this, Hanno and I will probably be making our way over to Toowoomba, or we'll be there. I don't have time to write th...

There are certain things that make me think of my mother. I looked at a new blog on the weekend with fresh poppies in the banner and I shot...

Over the past few weeks, I've moved away from my old habit of writing down what I hope to do during the day. I have been quite busy lat...

A report from the Simplicity Institute - The Simpler Way. This is a fabulous Australia food blog - Ledelicieux From Cornell University -...

Maya, I didn't answer your question because I just found your post in the spam folder. It sounds like the chooks aren't getting ano...

We just got another electricity bill and so I would like to talk about solar panels again. When we moved here 15 years ago, we had a solar ...

We had a lovely visit with Kerry, Sunny and Jamie recently, just before Sunny and Jamie left for a trip to Korea to visit family. We talked...

It was a public holiday for Show Day here last Friday, so all day Friday I thought it was Saturday and on Saturday I thought it was Sunday....

For all the young mums -  Carlos Gonzalez, the doctor who wants parents to break the rules. Twenty predictions for the next 25 years. H...