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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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- speaking...
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Our new home A life – another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs With a job under my belt, working on a liberal family- owned afternoon newspaper, The Auckland Star, I...
View ArticleCrimes, Dogs and Bugs
Shirley took this picture as we said goodby to them Another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs The atmosphere in the Supreme Court shocked me. The Chief Justice seemed to...
View ArticleExtraordinary year, strange events, fascinating people
Bill Sutch with his wife and daughter after his trial Another instalment of my autobiography before reverting to my normal blogs It was an extraordinary year, but it just seemed ordinary at the time!...
View ArticleDrugs, Death threats, Alfred Dreyfus and Pastor Niemoller
Another instalment of my autobiography before I revert to my normal blogs Alfred Dreyfus, the Frenchman wrongly accused of spying, and the victim of twelve years of imprisonment, trials and injustice,...
View ArticleThe future in the distance
I know I said this would be the last instalment of my autobiography, but as it turns out, there is one more chapter to come. When I was in the army as a twenty- two- year old lieutenant, I had …...
View ArticleIt isn’t racist to be disappointed
Queen Mary Diamond Bandeau Tiara worn by Meghan Markle on her wedding day Hitler said she would make a good queen. He was referring to Wallis Simpson, by then the Duchess of Windsor, after they’d had a...
View ArticleComfort and Calm in the Crisis
This is the first day of our NZ lockdown. We are in self-isolation in our forest, enjoying peace, solitude and solicitude. Not just words, and offers of help from our little caring community, but the...
View ArticleThat’s Life
I lost my blog, and had no idea how to get it back until dear Linda at coloradofarmlife.com told me how to find it, after I told her how frustrated and helpless I was. However, I was still writing,...
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