I’m probably the most reluctant traveler ever. I do not enjoy traveling, and most assuredly not while alone. The last time I made a solo cross-border journey was several years ago when my eldest daughter, now in Uni, was an infant.Anywhoo, one morning in January...
I’ve made it a practice over the years to meet my kids at the door after school, whenever I happen to be working from home (which is pretty often nowadays, it appears). So it’s a fairly typical weekday and I’m winding up my day as I...
I have always enjoyed working from home, especially since it became the new norm and everyone is just a quick Zoom call away. And for me, this means that on most days, the distance between my “home” and “office” is just seventy brisk steps out...
So Tuesday morning, just a few minutes after the kids leave for school, a sudden thought grabs hold of my mind. I reach for my phone and call Noni, our first-born, hoping she’s not yet at school and can pick. I’m in luck. “Noni,” I ask,...
It’s early evening on Wednesday, 26th November 2008. I have just tucked the little ones in, and settled into our family room, to watch a bit of TV as I wait for hubby to come home. One of my favorite evangelists, Angus Buchan, is on air,...
I’ve been meaning to tell this story for a while but have always stopped short, seeking to confirm that everything is still alright. Even now, just before I put pen to paper, I feel the need to ensure with my own eyes, once again, that...
In my other life, I’m what one might call a ‘budding entrepreneur’ - though, between you and me, it might just be a tad late in the day for me to be called a budding anything. So I’m thinking I might as well just go...
So last Saturday, a young lady - let’s call her Bernice - asks to speak to me for a few minutes. She needs to tell me something, she says. Urgently. I know this must be important - she recently re-committed her life to Christ and...
"KINGS" - Book Launch in Pictures. What a beautiful evening it was - Wednesday 20th November 2019! Together with ten other titles, my new book "KINGS" was launched at the Kenya Faith Writers Network Annual Book Launch, during a fine cocktail event, at Double Tree by...
When I was about eleven years old I stumbled upon my first “grown-up” novel – a thriller titled The Naked Face, by acclaimed author Sidney Sheldon. The book was hugely popular at the time - a veritable bestseller - and is still available on Amazon...