Beth is a High School teacher, photographer and writer from New Zealand. Until recently she ran a busy household including a spouse, a dog and three adult daughters. Now the adult daughters are flying off to work overseas, leaving Beth with the proverbial empty nest. Fortunately, she still has her husband and a Japillon called Alex and maybe there will be a puppy coming in the near future.  Beth attends a great parish with an amazing priest, so she doesn't mind a bit having to travel a little further to get there for the sacraments.  Beth is currently re-writing an old unpublished mystery novel and writing a screenplay based on the lives of SS Perpetua and Felicity.