I'm
going to take a bit of a liberty this week and not write my normal blog.
Instead I've recorded one while driving from my home near Cape Town to Gauteng.
This written blog is of a more personal nature.
It's
been a memorable few months, both for good and bad reasons. My wife Gwynn has
finally released her first novel, after an exhausting, four-month blog tour. We've
had the nastiest winter I can remember here in the Cape and some shooting of
the video trailer for Gwynn's book was a real battle against the weather. Then
the process was interrupted with me having to rush off to assist my parents
when my Dad fell critically ill. I finally completed the shooting and editing
of the trailer just before having to rush back to my father's side. He passed
away on Tuesday at a little after 7pm. He was one of the greatest people I ever
new. His compassion for others, unbridled generosity and wicked sense of humour
are irreplaceable. We never had a normal conversation. We always laughed.
My 4x4 video blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4FY1CXq1_c&feature=share&list=UULL44RCPuw8XIslZBB8jf6A
Gwynn's book blog:
http://todayinshenaya.blogspot.com/
The book video trailer:
