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.
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A Sudden Silence
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”
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Peers
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”
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Christmas Pudding
“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”
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Blue Skies
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”
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Lismore Scenes
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”
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VHS Memories
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”
Not sure if you've read this yet: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n17/paul-laity/after-martha but thought I might mention it. Seems to be paywall free for…
I know what you mean. I'm going to write a post some day about how I use my mobile phone…
Agreed. I likely took on too much. I arrived back exhausted. I'm guessing it's the combination of the two back…
Sounds quite strenous to me. You packed in a lot.
I think I must have left my reading glasses off because, even though I copied and pasted it, I read…