Letters of Note -  Fiona Apple and her best friend Early winter on the farm Some good recipes and a lovely blog - Eighth of an Acre Bou...

We've had two days to think about cutting costs and getting into the right frame of mind to start saving money. By know you should hav...

There are many bush fires around Australia at the moment. Currently there are a few fires starting up in south east Queendsland where we li...

We went to see the cardiologist yesterday.  He has booked Hanno in to the local hospital next Monday for an Angiogram. We have no more new...

We were really moved by your kind and thoughtful comments yesterday. Hanno thanks you, I do too and though it might sound strange to people...

Here we are again at the beginning of another blogging year and as usual I'm looking back and looking forward. I was pleased to see the...

I was going to resurrect some old posts while I was away but I forgot all about it until now. I hope you enjoy this old boy - it's from...

PEACE and LOVE   This painting is attributed here to Carl Larsson. I'm not sure it is his work but I like it anyway. Well,...

The wonderful Maggie Beer Paper cup garland lights Homemade Christmas Ted Trainer's transition Australian heroes This is a ver...

Just dropping in quickly to share this photo of Alex, the first visitor to the sandpit. Sarndra and Alex arrived yesterday afternoon for ...

An email came from a US reader, Abby, who asked about being a homemaker in later years. This is part of what she wrote: "I am a stay...