After one last massive flood last week, we finally have spring here! The grass is green, daffodils and feesias and jonquils are...

Well, I’ve happily been informed that Where the Crickets Sing has been named one of the three finalists for the 2012 CALEB prize for best...

My heart was pounding fit to jump out of my chest as I opened an email tonight from Omega Writers Inc with the shortlist for the 2012...

Last night we spent a good hour looking at some old home videos. No-one wanted to stop watching, but of course we had to go to bed...

Well it’s been a long time since I wrote a post here, but I do have an excuse. 🙂 The trip to Cambodia and Vietnam was wonderful…full of...

Thought I’d get one last post up before we climb aboard the silver bird and fly across the seas to Kate in Cambodia. 🙂 We leave at 11am...

There have been a lot of comings and goings in the family of late. I thought I’d give a brief update: A few weeks ago we welcomed our new...

Well, I can relax now. 🙂 It’s been a busy time preparing for several things this last weekend…on Friday night we  did a fund-raising...

Tonight I sat in McDonald’s doing some writing while I waited for the children at Youth Group. I had a look on Smashwords and for the...

Calling all fans. 🙂 I am having a book launch for Where the Crickets Sing on the 9th June 2012 at The Old Library, Rust Ave, Whangarei...

A big thank you to all who posted a review on the Smashwords Where Lions Roar at Night download page! I’ve had a great response and have...

At last the third book in The Barn Chronicles series has arrived! Where the Crickets Sing is now ready to go out into homes – a big thank...

On Saturday I finally published Where Lions Roar at Night as an ebook on the internet! It’s been a huge process and a steep learning ...

I just read a lovely quote from a book by a Jewish painter who my sister Penny stayed with on their recent trip to Israel. “To write a...

Well, friends, at last the next book in The Barn Chronicles series is on New zealand shores! A few thousand copies of Where the Crickets...

Today we discovered two visitors in our pool – a wise pair of ducks who took shelter from the hunters across the river. 🙂 I wonder if...

On Wednesday my darling 90-year-old mum had a fall and hurt her right leg. She was in a lot of pain so we ended up spending eight hours...

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.  – A. A. Milne author (1882-1956) I love this quote. It seems to be the...

It was the adventure of the holidays – a trip to the beach with four horses and the gig!!! Penny and I spent a few anxious stressful...

I sat upstairs in ‘The Snug’ this morning looking out through the wet windows at our rain-drenched land.  And I thought that just as the...