I sat down and looked at my blog today and realised I hadn’t posted since October! The reasons are many, including the fact that in the last couple of months of 2026, I was head down, working on getting A Light in the Rocks ready to go to print before Christmas. This was no small…

A chat about why connections to our past are so important to our present and to raising our hope for the future. Featuring Black Cat and Alice in Wonderland from my childhood, as well as Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen from reading with my sons. Why books are so important in connections. Why…

Do you still visit blogs or people’s websites? I was a ‘professional’ daily blogger for many years and lots of posts from those days are still searchable on my website. I still use my own website for updates, book reviews and news, but find most of my connecting with Community ends up being via Facebook…

First job. First crush. But it’s complicated. It’s the end of year 7 and Tess wants a summer job. She’s keen to earn her own money and buy her own clothes. But her mum has other ideas: it looks like Tess will be stuck at home babysitting her twin brothers. Thirteen-year-old Sonny is tired of…