Life & Experiences
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.
“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 80s, Jack has a routine of heading into town in Lismore every few days and buying groceries.
He’s been at a bit of a loss since the flood in Lismore earlier this year caused the closure of Aldi. Thankfully, they’ve re-opened, and thankfully they have plum pudding.… 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 the prediction of a “moderate to major flood”.
The forecast said the flood might reach 9.7 metres (possibly more) on the Wilsons River at Lismore. Though that’s not enough to over-top the levee bank, it’s getting awfully close. It would have seen water in low-lying areas of South & North Lismore.… 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 few days, part of the collection of his late mother.
They were all taken in the house where I was born, at 21 Kyogle Street, South Lismore.
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 no longer with us. When I shared the complete video with extended family, I warned them they might cry. But hopefully, they might laugh as well.
Going through a box of old videos I discovered a VHS called “Home 96 / Dreamworld” which I’ve had digitised.… Read the rest “VHS Memories”