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The Silent Battlefield
THE Australian soldier returned, he made it home to me: Beyond the joy, the twinkling in his eyes I could not see; His eyes were full of darkness, twinkling there was no more; The man I loved had not...
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Fun with “The Purple People Eater”
Seems to me that after all the sadness of ANZAC Day, see: Tribute to our ANZAC Diggers The Solitary Battlefield The ANZACS and the Vietnam War it’s time for some fun and laughter. My three brothers...
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Bb – is for Baby Crout
FAMILY HISTORY THROUGH THE ALPHABET CHALLENGE It’s a crisp Autumn morning in Adelaide, South Australia and I wake with the memory of “Baby Crout” nudging through my sleep be-fuddled brain. No more...
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Cc – is for Cousin Lizzie
FAMILY HISTORY THROUGH THE ALPHABET CHALLENGE Cc was always going to be about cousins. I have a rather interesting bunch. Some I never knew existed, like the “Crout half-cousins” in Canada and the...
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Dd – is for Delightful, Delicious & Delectable
FAMILY HISTORY THROUGH THE ALPHABET CHALLENGE Researching and writing about the lives of family can sometimes make me sad. When this happens, there are a number of useful strategies which soon have me...
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Ww is for – What does that mean?…
Always a curious child, my lovely mum would shake her finger at me with the warning… “Remember, Catherine… Curiosity Killed the Cat.” Well here I am… and still asking questions. Guess one of the...
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Take me or leave me…
David Grayson describes beautifully the realisation that freed me, some 40 years ago, from all those doubts, insecurities and worries of childhood. The time when my motto became… “To Thine Own Self be...
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Memories of New Year Celebrations Past…
As the year 2012 was coming to a close my mum’s beautiful eyes danced before me as, once again, she related those childhood memories of the 1930′s when each New Year was brought in, on the foreshore of...
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Trapped…
It was a typical hot summer January day as my brothers, and I, splashed around and cooled off in the Swimming Pool adjacent to the Kiosk at the “Gorge Caravan Park”. We’d been exploring the bush for...
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LEAVE OUR ANCESTORS ALONE!!! …
Is anyone out there maybe suggesting that I’m “obsessive”? I confess, I give up… I am Regular readers would no doubt remember my outrage at the “re-cycling” of cemetery plots here in South Australia...
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The Remembering of Jarren Vaughan Habel…
Today, as I awoke, all that kept running through my head was “Tá Brón Orm” (the sadness is upon me) for today is my beautiful baby boy’s 43rd birthday. I’ve written about Jarren Vaughan and his early...
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Today is the 6th of July, 2016. Two years ago my Mum, Catherine, the owner and creator of this blog was taken from us. Almost a year has passed since my last blog when we were in the UK. An … Continue...
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