The family is all excited because on the 27th September we fly down to Christchurch to begin a short 8 day tour. 🙂 Everyone is coming –...

Well, I can at last write here that the fourth book in The Barn Chronicles series, Where the River Rises, is printed and about to embark...

On Wednesday Mum and Dad celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary!! They opened letters from the Prime Minister and the Queen. Kate made...

Yesterday we celebrated Samuel’s 15th birthday! I can hardly believe it! Where have the years gone?? My chubby boy has been changed into...

Last week Chris and I watched a DVD that someone had given to me in Brisbane in April. It’s called What is Love? 60 Minutes covered...

My darling mum who is 91 has been unwell lately. Dad  has been her full time devoted carer for so long, but can’t cope single handed...

Today the Waikato Times featured an article on Kate’s barefoot campaign Shoeless, and you can read it on the National news page on...

Angel has been nesting under beds for the last week – in fact she tore up a lot of my old letters that Milly had under bed…the very ones...

For those of you who missed seeing Kate on TV this morning, here’s a link to the site where you can watch it. Cold weather here in...

This is just a quick post to let you know that tomorrow morning at 8.40 am Kate is appearing on the Breakfast show to talk about her...

Well, I’m finally home after two and a half weeks away in the States with Penny. My bags are unpacked, the washing is done, I’ve cut Sam’s...

In just a few days (Tuesday 7 May) Penny and I head off to Arlington, Texas! I am one of the featured speakers at the Arlington Book...

Last week I took Milly in to sit her restricted driver’s license test. We had been primed to expect a possible fail and were told that...

My daughter Kate has been going shoeless for six months now and has set up  a campaign to raise money to sponsor education and uniforms...

At last I’m allowed to tell the news! Where the Crickets Sing has won the 2013 Christian Small Publishers International Book of the Year...

We just hosted a farewell party here for Courtney, one of Milly’s friends, who is heading off to study. Everyone had to come dressed as a...

Today I had a lovely visit with my parents, both 91 years old. They were telling me that the previous night Mum had fallen out of bed and...

Well, at 8.59 pm on the 8th April I finally sent the completed manuscript and illustrations to my designer to prepare for print. Yippee!...

An exciting time for me – here’s what I put on Facebook last night at 11.57: It’s 11.57 pm and I have just written The End on my...

I drove down to Auckland last week to begin a ten day tour – speaking at the national home schooling convention. It was fun being on my...