Despite the distance between my home in Sydney and Patsy’s in Lismore, over the last few years, I’d become consciously aware of my older and last remaining sister’s daily routine. … Read the rest “A Sudden Silence”
Tag: Family
Although I live many hundreds of kilometres away from my family I think about them all the time. In the back of my mind, always, is the idea of leaving Sydney and going home.
I recently returned home to Lismore for the funeral of my Aunty Joanie. My parents’ generation has only one remaining member, an aunt in her 90s who lives in Brisbane. … Read the rest “Peers”
“Make sure Jack gets some of the puddings from Aldi before they sell out. They’re so good”, I sent Michelle in a text message the other day.
Now in his … Read the rest “Christmas Pudding”
None of us slept well last night. Yesterday, the BOM/SES was predicting ANOTHER flood for Lismore. Though not at the catastrophic levels of the floods in February/March, there was still … Read the rest “Blue Skies”
With many thanks to my relative, Peter, a bunch of black and white family photographs from the 1960s.
I’d never seen these photographs before until Pete sent them through a … Read the rest “Lismore Scenes”
I had a brief cry when I watched an old family video this week. There were so many people in the video – even quite young people – who are … Read the rest “VHS Memories”