Well, it’s been a long time since I last did a post – life has just been too busy! And as all the happenings happen, my garden is...

The day after Kate’s recital we headed home, but stopped in Auckland for Ellie to sit her ATCL in singing. We picked up her pianist Juan...

We have just been down in Hamilton to attend Kate’s recital at Vision College – the end of her three year music degree! What a thrill it...

I’m sitting at the table with Kate on the eve of her recital in Hamilton and she’s busy trying to finish a theology essay. I’ve just been...

Yesterday I went to the Whangarei court to get my homeschooling form signed. And I signed off Eliza as having finished school! My third...

This is a special post to all my fans (big and little) who have written to me over the last few years and told me how much they’ve...

Omega Writers has the utmost pleasure in announcing the category winners of the 2011 CALEB Prize for faith-inspired writing. Chuck Colson...

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...

What on earth  is a fumblerule? Let me give you one before I tell you.  ‘Avoid cliches like the plague.’ Want one more? What about this...

I’ve been doing a bit of reading lately about Ernest Hemmingway. He  was famous for a terse minimalist style of writing that dispensed...

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...

Today my darling Kate turns 21!! I can hardly believe it. I remember well the joy of getting her first beautiful smiles. I sat on my bed...

We’ve had eight gorgeous little chickens hatch! Cackleberry is the proud mother of an assortment of chickens – white, russet, black, and...

Last night I arrived home after spending the weekend at the inaugural South Island HEART conference! (Home Educators Annual Retreat) What...

We’ve just had a lovely weekend with Chris’s Mum and Dad up here. Mum is a wonderful gardener and helped the children plant out our corn...

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...

I just came across this encouraging review of  Where Lions Roar at Night on Amazon  from a family in the Carribean: “We have just...

I’ve just been re-reading a beautiful old book by Charles Spurgeon called Farm sermons that I bought it at an antique shop some years...

We’ve just had a wonderful weekend with Katie home. She got here at 2am on Saturday morning after attending an opera in Auckland that her...

Here is a copy of an interview I had with the aussiewriters blog spot earlier this year. What inspired you to write your books? For a...