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No more plastic shopping bags 27 Aug 2013 | 10:31 pm
Recently, The Guardian ran an article about single-use plastic bags and how people are now being charged for them in New York City. Ireland started charging in 2002 and have subsequently reduced the u...
Farmer's cheese and biscuits/crackers 26 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
If you have extra milk in the fridge, or can get some, particularly if it's non-homogenised, or better still, raw milk, this is an easy and quick cheese to make. I used the delicious local Maleny milk...
Working at home 25 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
Decluttering Challenge This is the final week of the decluttering challenge and it's gone really well. Today I'm freeing myself of more clothes, shoes and old magazines. There is a wonderful thread w...
Weekend reading 22 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
Another week has come and gone and now the time approaches for many of us to slow down and relax. Remember, you can't be at your best unless you look after yourself. This is not being soft or lazy, it...
This frugal economy - is it the new normal? 21 Aug 2013 | 10:53 pm
When the GFC started in 2008 I remember writing that although many people would lose jobs and there would be a lot of heartache, it might also put a lid on consumer spending for a while. It did that ...
This year's garden - small and productive 19 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
Our vegetable garden is getting there. It's been slow this year. Hanno had several health set backs and is still consulting specialists - he has an appointment today. But through it all he's kept the ...
Out in the garden again + decluttering 18 Aug 2013 | 11:16 pm
The August decluttering challenge continues with three items going today. I am finally giving away my red dress. I kept it for years, even after I stopped wearing it, because I thought I might like it...
Weekend reading 16 Aug 2013 | 02:54 am
I did the last of my library sessions at the Noosa Library yesterday. It's been a real pleasure to go out to these libraries and talk about my simple life. Most of the people who came along didn't kno...
Using your loaf 14 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
At one of my library talks recently I was asked "do you make bread every day?" It was half way between an accusation and a cry for help, as in, please, say no! Well, I have to come clean, I don't make...
The kitchen table 13 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
We had lunch with Kerry, Sunny and Jamie yesterday. It's such a gentle pleasure to sit around a table and share food with loved ones. The sun was shining outside on a warm end of winter day and we had...
