‘Tang of the Tasman Sea’ Completes New Zealand Trilogy

Book 3 of my New Zealand travel adventure trilogy Cry of the Kiwi: A Family’s New Zealand Adventure, is now available! In Tang of the Tasman Sea, my husband, two sons and I return to South Islan...

‘Once a Land of Birds,’ Book 1 of New Zealand Travel Trilogy Takes Flight

Once a Land of Birds, Book 1 of my travel trilogy, Cry of the Kiwi: A Family’s New Zealand Adventure, is now available! Keen for adventure, my husband, our two sons and explore New Zealand̵...

Cry of the Kiwi Trilogy: A Family’s New Zealand Adventure Takes Shape

One family. Ten months. Living a dream. Cry of the Kiwi: A Family’s New Zealand Adventure chronicles my family’s ten-month exploration of New Zealand, during which my husband, two sons an...

Auckland Botanic Gardens, New Zealand

In a last, brief embrace of North Island New Zealand, Vilis and I spent today’s sunny late morning and early afternoon hours in the Auckland Botanic Gardens and on the adjacent Puhinui Stream Fo...