Archive for June, 2009



A Few Tears

Published on June 24, 2009

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 […]


Just a Little Oil

Published on June 8, 2009

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 […]


Goodbye Dalu.

Published on June 2, 2009

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 […]