Biography
The Gesture
This story contains reference to suicide and mental illness. It doesn’t take a tragedy. Not always. Sometimes it’s a drip from a ceiling, a broken...
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Party Fashions
My father had a gift for humour—sharp, innuendo-laced, and often just a little too pleased with itself. He came from a decent family, trained as a...
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Escape of the Boer Swimmers
During the South African War (October 1899 – May 2002) many Boers were taken prisoner and exiled by the British Army. Most of the prisoner of war...
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Zig not Zag
I'm fortunate that my 'wrong turns' turned out right.
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The Rest of My Life: Thoughts on looking at mum and dad's wedding photograph.
When my father was the age I am now - 66 - he became homeless for the first time. He was living on the streets. It was around this time of year, too...
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The Rest of My Life: Fate Accompli
Everything is different because of everything else I came across that line this morning in the book I'm currently reading. It's one of those lines...
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The Rest of My Life: Topsy
Mum had a dog. An over-sized border collie that I bought for her on her birthday 16 years ago. She was overjoyed from the moment she saw it, giving...
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The Rest of My Life: Windchimes
Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...
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The Rest of My Life: Retirement Day!
When my alarm went off at 5:05 am this morning, I switched it off. For the last time! Today was my last day at work. Retirement Day! I went through...
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Thank for all your comments
Hi all thank you to each and everyone that leave me such lovely comment, i do read them all. sorry if i don't reply at the time, but if i go back and...
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