Father and the Chocolate Factory
In the spirit of all things Easter, how about a tale of Easters past from my Family Stories? This is my Dad. He is, of course, awesome in his own […]
Category Archives: legacy
I ain’t dead yet
Mother’s Day cometh. My eldest son just turned 12. My millennium baby has managed to suck up 12 years of my life without me hardly noticing the time pass. Was […]
Childhood’s Simple Pleasures
Recently, my small, wise 4 year old child achieved a milestone. He got a new scooter and he learned the art of balance. It was a little tiny jump into […]
Letters home rediscovered, 1946
My home is stuffed with precious things. None more so than this small box of envelopes. After 65 years secreted away in a plastic bag, they were discovered by my […]
My baby’s eyes
All throughout my childhood I can remember people telling me that I had pretty eyes. These days it is hard to find them beneath the crinkles, and I have noticed […]
“Did a Giant do it, mummy?”
This is the first thing we overheard when we climbed the many steps from Scarborough’s South Bay yesterday, up to the Spa Walkway bridge, to get a bird’s-eye view of […]
A sobering moment
I have been having a bit of trouble getting hold of my friend. We live a couple of hundred miles apart, but have been friends for about 25 years (ouch […]
Celebrating a life well lived
My mother passed away 4 years ago, suddenly. Whilst grieving consumed all of us for some time (and still creeps in through an open window when I least expect it), I […]
Launch time is nearing!
How quickly our lives, taken for granted and ordinary, become ancient history to the next generation. What a treasure it would be to know that the past, present and future yet to be lived can be laid down in real time for posterity, for future generations to enjoy in a rich format.
