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CALEB Book Awards
Well, I’m back home after a wonderful weekend in Brisbane! I flew there on Friday and went straight to the CALEB book awards dinner. When...
Nov 15, 20112 min read


Brisbane Word Writers Fair
This Friday I’m heading to Brisbane for a long weekend to attend the Word Writers Fair. On the Friday night is the Awards dinner for the...
Nov 8, 20111 min read
CALEB Prize Finalist
I woke this morning to find a very exciting email in my in-box – a list of all the finalists in the different categories of the CALEB...
Sep 30, 20111 min read


Amazon Reviews
I just came across this encouraging review of Where Lions Roar at Night on Amazon from a family in the Carribean: “We have just...
Sep 29, 20111 min read


CALEB Shortlist
I’ve just been informed that Where Arrows Fly is on the shortlist for the Children’s books section of the CALEB Prize 2011. Exciting!...
Sep 15, 20111 min read


Special Message for Jada!
I’m hoping you’ll read this, Jada, because today I got the most beautiful letter and pictures from you!! I want to write back but there...
Sep 15, 20111 min read


Meet Fairlight
Two days ago, I got a tiny three day old Jersey calf for ‘my very own self’!! I’ve been wanting to get a calf that I can hand rear and...
Aug 31, 20111 min read


Snow on Maunu Mountain!
Today at 11am Milly, Penny and I went up in the freezing rain to move the horses. It was bitterly cold as we rode the quad up to the...
Aug 17, 20111 min read


The Booms Were Here!
We had fun in Tauranga last weekend. I was speaking at a women’s camp in Papamoa, so the whole family (other than Ellie who stayed behind...
Aug 2, 20111 min read


Holiday Fun
We’ve had a full busy two weeks, starting with a visit from some of Chris’s family from Europe; two of his cousins – Jacqueline from...
Jul 25, 20112 min read


Off to Wanganui
A good frost here this morning! Happily, Chris had stoked the fire in the night, so it is warm and snug in the house. Today I fly to...
Jul 1, 20111 min read


Fun at the Field Days
It’s Mystery Creek time again, and this year will be a special time for me! My twin sister Penny is going to be there representing the...
Jun 13, 20112 min read


Rosie on Radio Rhema
In February I was interviewed by Peter Shaw of Radio Rhema for an hour. He talked with me about my childhood in New Guinea, how I started...
Jun 1, 20111 min read


Our Homewood is in!
It was really cold in Whangarei last night! I came home at 9.30pm with the kids after an afternoon/evening of soccer and youth group. We...
May 19, 20112 min read
Haiku at the Booms
This morning we had fun doing Haiku poems together. Haikus must have only three lines, with five syllables in the first and third lines,...
May 13, 20111 min read


Home again, home again, jiggety jig!
We arrived home from our Boom family tour at 1am this morning in the wind and the rain. There was no power because of the storm, so we...
May 3, 20114 min read


Boom Family Tour
Chris and Rosie Boom and their six children are setting off on tour this weekend and will be visiting many different towns and cities...
Apr 14, 20111 min read
New Site in progress!
Updating my blog and websites at the moment – check back later!
Apr 11, 20111 min read
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