Family – I didn’t choose them – A Mathom House of Sorts

Adding some words about Covid-19 to the huge pile of them that have already been written.

Some words about Covid-19 the lockdown and being lucky to live in New Zealand

We’ve just come home from a lovely weekend in Wellington. The coolest little capital in the world apparently. We went

Hello world, Hope you’re well. I’ve been a tad busy and have ignored the Mathom House for far too long.

I never knew how patient my mother was until I sat for hours waiting for my teenager daughter to return

The dead walk among us My mother joined me on my walk this evening I wandered past a place we’d

Went for a walk with Katie (6) this morning. She had asked to join me on one of my morning

Sixteen years ago on 5 October my dad died. I was 30 and he 64. I was rather fond of

I love this phrase. It’s the title of the autobiography David McPhail a Christchurch lawyer, actor and comedian. It is

There’s nothing like a 5 and half flight from Toronto to San Francisco to allow one to catch up on

My lovely mum died on Thursday 9 September 2010. According to her death certificate she died from an acute myocardial