I must confess to having a little cry tonight. Chris and I had just finished putting in the last window in the upstairs of the house we’ve been building as the sun set. He rigged up a few lamps the other day in the building, so I turned them on and then went outside and down into the meadow to have a look at the house. I couldn’t believe how… read more

Last night I decided to mend one of my patchwork quilts. I got out my sewing machine which I must confess hasn’t been used much since we started building our house. And the few times I have used it, I’ve got more and more frustrated at how slowly and noisily it’s been going.
This time, it wouldn’t work at all. It had seized up completely.
Now I need to say… read more

Today I went to the funeral of Dalu Mncube, the senior lion handler at the Zion Wildlife Gardens here in Whangarei. Last week on Wednesday he was tragically mauled by a white tiger and died. It was such a shock to all of us. Just last month Dalu came and spoke at the book launch for my book Where Lions Roar at Night.Everyone loved him. He had a beautiful big… read more