I just realised this post didn't come through as scheduled. Sorry, it was supposed to be published on Monday morning. I'm off on ...

This is Hanno at the Susan River Homestead near Hervey Bay. We visited there on Tuesday to give a short talk at the Queensland Carers R...

I had a great time yesterday sewing and organising myself and my work room. You know that I'm visiting my sister, Tricia, next week an...

If you're keeping chickens in the backyard, often you'll reach a point when you have too many eggs. Luckily, eggs are always easy t...

A couple of years ago, Queensland experienced severe flooding in many areas. I still remember the shock and sadness I felt when I watched T...

I'm looking forward to conducting simple living workshops at Stockyard Creek in the Lockyer Valley this weekend. I love meeting people ...

I originally wrote this post in 2008 and have resurrected it hoping that you'll find it interesting and helpful. I'm too busy to w...

I loved the interesting comments that came through yesterday. Parents sharing their experiences in an open way always has the potential to ...

Now that we're looking after Jamie occasionally, it's brought back a lot of memories about how things were when my own sons were ba...

There was a little visitor to our chicken coop last night.  I found him this morning when I let the girls out. It looks like a little b...

Mother's Day is a day set aside to recognise the role of mothers and the importance mothers play in our lives and in the life of the na...

It's Wednesday morning, 10.03, the aroma of homemade biscuits is wafting through our house. Is there any better fragrance? I have a few...

This poem has apparently been around for a while but when I read it for the first time this week it hit me right in the heart. I wanted to ...

I'm sure most of you who knit, sew or create with your hands will identify with this. I'm trying to organise my work room so I have...

Google "home-based economy' and you get a lot of links about setting up a business at home, earning money from home and a lot of f...

Ten things you should never buy new Christina Lowry  - this is always a beautiful blog but just look at the blanket Christina is workin...

Knitting is, by far, my favourite pastime, although maybe I shouldn't call it a pastime because that implies I do it only for pleasure....

Over the past year or so Hanno and I have been slowly changing our eating habits. We started by having smaller servings because our appetit...