Author: Gill

So in my bid to find the family’s regular “go to beach” here in California, last week we made our

One of our favourite things to do, living in Berkeley, Ca, is to go to the Cal Shakes outdoor theatre

It’s day one of the incredibly long American school holidays – two and a half months people – and I’m

We’ve been here in sunny, drought-ridden California for well over a year now and it really has been a pretty

Well the Bay Area Book Festival came to town this past weekend – 300 authors, more than 100 sessions, tens

Apparently Mark Twain never said that coldest winter quote. It was probably another witty journalist who went penniless to his

A friend, who I don’t believe has children, gave me some excellent parenting advice last week. Take the electronic devices

Oh to be the mother of teenagers. Boys, both of them who used to be sporty, and now can’t seem