Do you know what a back is? Or a key? I’m sure you would tell me a key is used to unlock doors, or possibly a vital clue in solving a problem. Maybe even a button on a phone…
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ancestors
I had a conversation recently with someone who said they didn’t know who their grandparents were and asked why I bothered doing all the research. My immediate response was, for their stories. Finding out about our ancestors and learning…
In my latest novel, Elinor, the family live in rural Manawatū and Pahīatua in the years between the two world wars. There is a passage about the travails of crossing the steep bush-clad hills with a horse and wagon,…
Every summer and often in between, we, as in OH and I, pack up our caravan and head to a different area of New Zealand to investigate the nooks and crannies we don’t know about. Every summer, we say…