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March 19, 2022 Family - I didn't choose them

Farewell Aunty Kate

My lovely Aunty Kate died on 16 March 2022 at the age of 85 at the Lakeridge Health Oshawa Hospital,

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December 31, 2021 Family - I didn't choose them / General muttering / observations from domesticity / Travel (broadens the mind) / Uncategorized

2021 – It was pretty good really

Welcome to the last day of 2021. A year that has been getting a pretty bum wrap. Sure there was

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April 15, 2020 Family - I didn't choose them / observations from domesticity / Ramblings of a mad man

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

April 24, 2019 Family - I didn't choose them / Travel (broadens the mind)

A lovely visit to Wellington

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

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November 29, 2017 Family - I didn't choose them / General muttering / observations from domesticity

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the internet…

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

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October 2, 2013 Family - I didn't choose them / General muttering / Ramblings of a mad man

Always waiting for someone

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

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September 19, 2013 Family - I didn't choose them / Poetry for the non poetic / Ramblings of a mad man

Voices

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

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January 2, 2013 Family - I didn't choose them / General muttering / Ramblings of a mad man

There’s Wisdom in the Words of the Wise

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

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October 4, 2012 Family - I didn't choose them

Far too early to tell…

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

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August 21, 2012 Family - I didn't choose them / Ramblings of a mad man

The Years Before My Death

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

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