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Rosie's Blog
May 11, 20111 min read
A Safe Refuge
It’s hunting season again and the guns have been going off around our countryside. 🙁 But yesterday two very noisy visitors came and...
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May 10, 20111 min read
The Big Read!
The Big Read is a nationwide event, as part of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards festival, to encourage kids to read. I was...
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May 9, 20111 min read
Mother’s Day, Mother’s Night
It’s quiet in the house – all the children are tucked up in bed and just Chris and I are awake. I’ve had a beautiful day, starting with...
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May 3, 20114 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...
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Apr 22, 20111 min read
Book Quote
When our ferry was delayed on our way to the South Island we spent an hour or so exploring the Beehive grounds and walking the streets...
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Apr 14, 20111 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...
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Apr 14, 20111 min read
Gypsy Cob Foal
Gypsy cobs are known as one of the most docile and gentle breeds in the world with the bonus of being easy to train and doing very well...
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Apr 13, 20111 min read
Blisters and Sore Backs
We have just finished preparing the ground ready to lay some sandstone pavers. Great fun using the compactor! A lot more fun that it was...
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Apr 11, 20111 min read
Sowing the Lawn
Today has been one of those glorious full on, achieve lots sort of day!!! Chris and I were outside at 7.30am preparing the area and then...
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Apr 11, 20111 min read
New Site in progress!
Updating my blog and websites at the moment – check back later!
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Apr 10, 20112 min read
The Barn
I will never forget the thrill I felt the first time I saw the barn. My twin sister Penny and I had been exploring the land – Chris...
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Apr 7, 20111 min read
Stouthearted
We have just discovered a wonderful little verse and memorised it together. It’s Psalm 138v3: “When I called, you answered me: You made...
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Apr 2, 20111 min read
Thank God for Books
I just read a wonderful quote which inspired me to keep writing! “When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they...
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Mar 28, 20111 min read
Harvest Day
Last week a few of us got together in my new home to enjoy a harvest day together. We sat and talked and laughed while we bottled apples...
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Mar 22, 20111 min read
Wisdom – Asking the Right Questions
The children and I have started reading through Proverbs again- what a book! It is so full of practical advice on how to live. We read...
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Mar 20, 20111 min read
Christchurch Earthquake
It’s taken me a while to get to my computer and write, but oh, how much I’ve been thinking and praying for the people of Christchurch....
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Mar 10, 20112 min read
Writer’s CV
Rosie Boom writes books with adventure and humour for families to enjoy together. She also writes to encourage parents in the challenging...
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Feb 17, 20114 min read
References
To whom it may concern About 6 years ago I invited Rosie Boom to be a speaker at a retreat I organize for home schooling mothers, called...
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Feb 17, 20115 min read
Talks, Workshops, Concerts
Here is a list of just some of the things I could do during a visit to your school/church/ladies group/homeschool event /writers’ group...
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Feb 1, 20111 min read
Cyclone Wilma
Our first storm in the new house. Cyclone Wilma raged around us and the rains came down and we hardly knew it! We had to keep looking out...
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