This post is about a few small things that I've wanted to write about for a while but larger topics overtook me. My life is full of smal...

I don't work nearly as hard as my mother or grandma, or, no doubt, their grandmothers. I'm fortunate to have appliances that make ho...

I've enjoyed sewing this week. There were a couple of mending jobs, I fixed the waistband on a skirt and made set of six white kitchen c...

I finished my bread bag a couple of days ago and it's a nice bag to use. I'm not sure how good it would be in other climates but wi...

Making your own household linens is a BIG step towards a simpler life. You'll use numerous simple living skills such as sewing, recycli...

We don't go away on holidays anymore but always make sure that the time between Christmas and mid-January is like a holiday.  We both d...