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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Nancy, with the laughing face
My first memory of Nancy was when she came home to Lismore, after a number of years living in Sydney and Brisbane.
It was about 1970, and she was only … Read the rest “Nancy, with the laughing face”
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Black and White Family Photographs in Colour
With a bit of free time on my hands over the last few weeks, I’ve been using a website to colourize some old family photographs I’d only ever seen previously in … Read the rest “Black and White Family Photographs in Colour”
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Family Visit
When you have some visiting from the country, and they’ve only ever visited Sydney maybe a dozen times in their life, you have to think about maximising the “Sydney Experience”, … Read the rest “Family Visit”
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Back in Brissie
When I left the hotel, the weather was fine. As is often the case in Brisbane, the weather turned from sunny conditions to rain. You can see it in my … Read the rest “Back in Brissie”
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Breakfast Thoughts
“There are too many awful people, who I don’t care about”, I thought to myself as I scrolled through today’s paper. I got to about page fifteen or thereabouts, and … Read the rest “Breakfast Thoughts”
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November 7
I realised probably too late today it was the anniversary of mum’s death. She died on November 7, 1984, and this photograph (attached) was taken at her “final birthday”, February … Read the rest “November 7”
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…