Red Nose Day diversion on the Book Blog Tour
In the Shade of the Mulberry Tree is a memoir of our first year in Zambia. The reason we went in the first place was because of my husband’s medical research into malnutrition and the immune system. We...
View ArticleGetting older
It is that time of year again, when the number clocked up against my name cranks up another notch. As usual, the day is started early (too early, in all honesty) by my daughter bounding into our...
View ArticleTen years have passed, and still there is not enough food
Today it is ten years since we left for Zambia – left for real, rather than attempted to leave (if that doesn’t make sense, see the extract from the opening of my book, below). 7 June 2003 we left; 8...
View ArticleAfrica – a view in maps
Although I do like my blog to concentrate on writing, I have a heart for Africa and the plight of the poor. This week I decided to share an article I discovered recently which depicted the world in 8...
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