A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

Virginia Woolf

The above quote has become somewhat of a cliche. In fact, I’ve seen it trounced about in the papers twice in the past two weeks on various different subjects. Just exchange “Fiction” to anything from “scrapbooking” to “studying” to […]

Our neighbours are quite proficient at gardening and we are vicariously reaping the benefits. Observe:

We are now collecting the ripe fruit off this vine (well, the fruit the possums are leaving us with!). This vine grows over the fence between their property and ours.
 

Then this week I discovered their rambunctuous pumpkin vine sending a cheeky […]

Screw Hi-5 - we’re Charlie and Lola junkies now.
This sweet twosome has invaded our house and, frankly, I couldn’t be happier.
It all began when Adam gave the kids the DVDs for Christmas and ever since they have been on continual loop. So much so they’re already scratched and so when the picture freezes and skips even […]

I read recently that the average microwave, used as an ‘average’ microwave might during the day, uses more power to work the digital clocks (that most have) than it does to heat the food you put in it.
So ask yourself - do I need this clock? Or can I  turn it off at the powerpoint […]