by Colin Rock | Jul 3, 2023 | Books
Bettany Backhouse Blood traces the author’s family history from medieval Hungary and Norman England through to Staffordshire and, generations later, colonial New Zealand. It explores ancestry, migration, and the challenge of piecing together the lives of distant...
by Colin Rock | Mar 4, 2022 | Bits and pieces
Yes it is. I cook pizza for dinner, our one night of depravity. Ha, I remember the depraved days of our youth. The goat and the garnish. Smoke and mirrors. Down, boy.
by Colin Rock | Oct 27, 2021 | Bits and pieces
I thought I was beaten, but WordPress admitted they had a problem with linking from Amazon Kindle. It wasn’t me! Not that it actually makes a lot of difference, when I think about it…but that’s not what I will tell my wife.
by Colin Rock | Oct 27, 2021 | Books
Sam’s father is a marine scientist, part of a team testing a new submersible, ‘Tear Drop’, deep in the Southern Ocean. 15-year-old Sam, housebound back in New Zealand, is avidly following their course. He and his father are also conducting a non-sanctioned...
by Colin Rock | Oct 27, 2021 | Books
Fox, Mole, Red Squirrel, Hedgehog, Badger, Otter. Written for a natural history project in England, and collected here for the author’s delight. Sadly there are no photographs or diagrams due to copyright restrictions. Hopefully soon resolved. These...