Have you ever been to the beach and wanted to feed the seagulls? The problem is you tear off a little crust from your sandwich and toss it to one, and ten more show up. Toss a little more and a flock descends. You start to wonder: if I run out of bread, will I …
“Invite God into your decisions. Only He knows where He wants to take you.”
These two words can strike fear in any writer’s heart. It’s a given with me. I know my characters inside and out – or think I do — but sometimes how I picture them isn’t what’s coming through when objective readers get their hands on the manuscript. By objective, I mean professional. Also, by objective, …
We met so many nice people along the way, on the ship, in the bus, on land. I filled a notebook, took hundreds of pictures and bought a shoebox full of postcards which are now in a memory box. Tidbits I learned along the way: “The wet” is a season of cyclonic storms and monsoon …
“How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God.”
Rick has said I am the only person he knows who takes longer to summarize a movie than it takes to watch it. I could blog for the next year on what we saw and learned on this trip. Someone asked me if I’ve ever thought of writing a travel book. Nope. I get too …
We didn’t see much of Picton, but boarded a bus for a ride through timber covered hills and vineyards to Blenheim – a small, quaint town. Our goal: Omaka Aviation Center, a small, but special display of World War I airplanes owned by Peter Jackson. Rick’s passion is aviation, and every time we pass a …
“Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but the richer for having made it.”
Wellington is a beautiful town – with its bay, hills, older renovated homes, booming film industry and weather that is gorgeous (while we were there, anyway). Like San Francisco, Wellington has earthquakes, but every place has some little drawback to keep the faint-hearted away. Wellington is also Sir Peter Jackson’s home town, and the town …
I don’t write a daily diary, but I do write a daily journal while we travel, which brings me to our latest trip to New Zealand and Australia. I plan to share some of the things we saw and experienced while sailing around New Zealand and winging and busing our way around Australia. I’m a …