This is absolutely amazing...

A diver with severe cramps in a free diving competition in China was saved when a Beluga whale sharing the pool noticed she was in distress, grabbed her gently by the leg, and took her to the surface!

The full story is here.

Spent all day shifting furniture, moving boxes and getting stuff sorted.

I am very organised and very tired.

Going to bed now...

Between losing his shin guards, his grandfather dying and the school holidays, Dace missed quite a few soccer training sessions and all his matches for about two months.

When I dropped him off to training tonight, he was met by a whole anxious bunch of little soccor players, relieved beyond words that he was back.

"Oh my god!" one of the little girls cried, thrilled beyond measure to see him, "Dace! We heard you'd died of swine flu, and that's why you weren't at training!"

Who says 9 year olds don't listen to the news? :)

Today's reprints...

The books are going gangbusters in the UK! And in Australia, of course.

Thank you so much to all my loyal UK readers. I hear from so many of you, and I don't always get time to reply. So thanks. Know that I appreciate you. :)

Wonder why Second Sons is suddenly flavour of the month again?

I know they don't teach English in schools the way they used to, but surely, if you get a job in marketing, or sign-writing, somebody, somewhere in the company, knows the difference between "there", "their" and "they're".

Or not...