Tag archives for solo woman
Handy with the tools
I’VE got a friend who gets all excited when she goes to the tools section at the hardware store. I was a bit overwhelmed when she once proudly showed me a new...
Secateurs or Jimmy Choos?
Australia’s foremost horticulture writer JULIE LAKE says you don’t have to be a mad gardener to have a beautiful garden. Just two hours a week is all it takes....
Clickety click, clickety clack
“Knit, purl, that’s all there is to it.” Or so my mother said when she taught me to knit at the age of eight. She made it look so...
Molly and Stan and a grand idea
When two little strays wandered into her life, SUSAN RUSHBROOKE never imagined that as well as becoming good companions and housemates, they would lead her to a business project as well....
Street angel, home devil
To get the conversation started, one of our Wise Women gives a snapshot of her story. THE fact that we now hear more about domestic violence is probably more to do...
Down but definitely not out
When I first became single 20 years ago, my finances were in disarray. I’d married young and had never experienced financial independence. We’d lived a hand to mouth existence,...