Tag Archives: family

“The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle.”

Posted on May 2, 2020 by RosieL

After 92 years and some months, it took only one Saturday to do her in. Oh, you could say it was lifestyle choices along the way. Alcohol here, butter there, the wrong generation to drink water or take exercise. But … Continue reading →

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Try to remember.

Posted on April 7, 2020 by RosieL

We are 6 years old, in our second year of school. Maybe I’ve turned 7. Our class teacher, a nun, is talking to us about the communists coming. They will come down from Queensland, hordes of them, and, as we … Continue reading →

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