Hello, I'm letting everyone know that AMAZON has removed my book from all its platforms as I supposedly hold two accounts in the Kindle...

French and English decor abound in this beautiful store in Unley, Adelaide, Australia

Walking out the door yesterday morning I turned to pull it closed and jumped 20 feet in the air. A large, hairy Huntsman spider crawling...

The particular area where we stayed in Adelaide is known for some of its most beautiful, old and historic homesteads. One street is...

It’s so hot here today - 30 deg at 9am and going to be 36 later For those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, try this delicious salad...

Adelaide has been showing us her best in temperatures that are mild, according to Adelaidians but plenty warm enough for me in the mid...

I belong to a Facebook group known as WLM (We Love Memoirs) and before Christmas, two of those from the Adelaide sector and I met up for...

Hi there You might be interested to see this little snippet where I had a brief interview on the Book of the Week slot on We Love...

In between visits to hold and cuddle our grandson and family, we’ve been meeting up with some of the extended family for coffee and beach...

I’ve just put a Christmas cake in the oven which will take a couple of hours so I thought it a good time to ‘chat’. I know I’m late...

Having waited seven and a half months and wondering whether we’d be able to get to Adelaide for the birth of our first grandchild, we are...

Last night we sat down to a special dinner put on at the new Park Hyatt hotel by friends. A group of us has been friends for 24 years and...

Hello from sunny Tauranga and Mt Maunganui... well, it is sunny today but we’ve had two days of pouring, miserable rain and it was...

Given our interest in settling in Havelock North, friend Ginny has driven me all over to give me a good view of what is on offer here and...

I’ve swapped luxury living in Auckland for luxury living in Havelock North, staying with our old friends, Ginny and Dave. I’ve got her...

It’s such a privilege to be back in our home country of New Zealand and to have the freedom to be out and about and meet up with old...

It’s luxury staying at my sister, Jill’s house. Her home should be photographed for House and Garden it is so beautifully furnished. Plus...

First NZ barista coffee. Cheers NZ, thanks for welcoming us home. Big shout out to NZ Army and The Pullman Hotel staff and security for...

********************** WOO HOO! ****************** Thanks to all of you, I have just ticked over a very heartening sales milestone of My...

And all is well, thank you. We’re perfectly fine. The hotel kindly lent us a Nespresso machine and I added pods to our online shopping...