Yesterday afternoon I read some of Robert Brault’s quotes out to Mum and she laughed and laughed at some of them. It was so lovely to...

Okay, three quotes on love today, all by Robert Brault. “Love is not about grand intentions. It is about small attentions.” (How true is...

Yesterday I was looking through some photos of my trip to the States and came across one that I took at my friends’ place in Texas. They...

2014 has got off to a very busy start, the days tumbling past with lots of visitors and heaps of activity. Here’s a bit of a run-down on...

I’ve just read a beautiful paragraph in an old book by George MacDonald (the writer who inspired C. S Lewis).”I will tell those who will...

For a while now I’ve wanted to write a post and introduce you to a few of my new friends. It’s been four months since Mum was admitted to...

Last week we reached a momentous milestone! We finally cleared the back porch of all Chris’s tools and workbench and moved everything...

This week Ellie sent me the link to her song on You Tube. She wrote the song, and produced it for one of her sound production projects at...

I found a box in Mum’s room the other day full of little notes from Dad. We’ve been looking through them together. Some of them made me...

The definitions of a classic according to the Collins Dictionary are: adjective of the highest class, esp in art or literature serving as...

We had a wonderful time on Saturday for the book launch for Where the River Rises! It was brilliant weather and we had the books and...

This Saturday I am having the book launch for Where the River Rises at 2pm at Heritage Park, Whangarei. I wasn’t planning to have an art...

On the 16th November at 2pm I’m having a book launch for my latest book Where the River Rises. (The last book in The Barn Chronicles...

My days have been so busy since Dad died. Penny, Peter and I are trying to pick up the hours that Dad used to spend with Mum, as well as...

I’ve just come in from working in the garden. It’s a glorious spring day. Quite hot. So I actually went for my first swim in the pool!...

Also I have the slipcase for the set which will be available too. It’s been six years in the making, but I finally have a completed boxed...

I’ve just got back from Brisbane where I attended the Word Writer’s Conference and the CALEB Awards dinner. It was a real thrill for me...

I’ve been wanting to write something here for all of you who have so kindly been praying for us over the last two weeks. It’s been a...

When I knew he was about to die I called Penny and my brothers, Peter and John, and we held his hands and loved him. He died so very...