Dear Readers, It’s been a hectic couple of weeks since I last wrote. Nine months ago, a freak tornado tore the roof off our holiday home. At the time, I was taking a break from writing my blog. Life was busy, my novel demanded every spare moment, and to be honest, I wasn’t in the right headspace to tell you what had happened. I could barely make sense of it myself. Then came months of waiting. Frustrating phone calls gave way to insurance assessments, engineering reports, quotes and,...