by | Jul 15, 2017 | Letter to Uncle Dave
In 2012, my dearest Auntie Lilly passed away. The following is a letter I wrote to Uncle Dave a few months later…Dear Uncle Dave,Sandy and I were deeply saddened to learn of Aunty Lilly’s passing away recently. Although I’ve been privileged to have...
by | Jul 6, 2017 | Europe Jul 17
Europe – July 2017T-22 – pre-departureThursday 6th July Today was not a good day. A good friend has become very suddenly very ill. As this isn’t public knowledge and the situation is ongoing, I won’t go into any specific detail here. Suffice to say that it...
by | Jun 12, 2017 | Europe Jul 17
Europe – July 2017T-46 – pre-departureMonday 12th June My attention to the various details of the holiday has come and gone a few times over the past few weeks. With now just six and a half weeks to go, it’s no longer about the logistics of the...
by | Apr 26, 2017 | Europe Jul 17
Europe – July 2017 T-93 – pre-departure Wednesday 26th April I dug a hole. If you’re Australian, and thus familiar with that Ozzie movie classic, The Castle, you’ll be familiar with that reference. For everyone else, it means…um…well…Sandy was completely...
by | Mar 31, 2017 | Europe Jul 17
Europe – July 2017 T-124 – pre-departure Sunday 26th March And so it begins. Since we arrived here in Melbourne, Australia some seven years ago, we’ve not yet – as a family – been back to Europe to visit friends and family. It has been far too long. Having...
