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The end of the golden weather
A life – another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs So we sailed away from the golden weather and un-ending sun-shine, back to a world that had changed since we had...
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Sunset over Hong Kong
Hong Kong in the mid-sixties A life – another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs Before we left England, we enjoyed two quintessential English events. The in -laws gave...
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Life and loss, love and death
Deepwater Bay Another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to writing my normal blogs Ensconced in Deepwater Bay, life now took on the tone and routines that shaped our lives until the final...
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World on Fire
South Vietnamese troops battling the Viet Cong in Saigon during TET offensive A life- another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs My husband’s affairs – in every sense of...
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Diamonds and dysentery
J.J.’s intriguing home… Another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs Can’t you find some nice man to marry and look after you, Annette, a diminutive blue-eyed brunette...
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Land of the long white cloud
Auckland, with volcanic island Rangitoto across the harbour A Life – Another instalment of my autobiography until I revert to my normal blogs I searched the world for an egalitarian English-...
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Another Bright Beautiful Spirit
The chapel at Oi’s home A life – another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs My friend Oi (pronounced O-ee) had ideas so advanced that even Quaker Meeting – that most...
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A Good Man Does Something
Another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs In the first few weeks after arriving in New Zealand, before starting my new job, I listened to the radio in John’s little...
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Letter to a Protesting Grandson in London
Thank you for your letter darling. As a veteran of pro-peace, Anti-Vietnam marches, Anti-Apartheid protests, even walking for Save the Whales, it’s good to know that you’re following in your...
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Will I be cancelled?One of my first geography – or was it history – lessons when I was about six, consisted of our teacher pulling down a map of the world and pointing to all the pink bits scattered...
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