Family History, Life at No.22, Musings

Hotel Buller and Uncle Bill

During the 1940s, my great Uncle Bill (Nana Ballard's brother) worked, visited or did both at the Hotel Buller in Westport.

Family History, Life at No.22, Musings, Poetry

A Genial Gardener

A tribute to Uncle Danny, a man I only knew for approximately a quarter of his 80+ years, though the Squire knew him all of his.

Family History, Life at No.22, Musings, Poetry

Uncle Fred & The Whitebait Season

Sometimes Spring isn't always about those pretty blossoms.

Family History, Musings

Nostalgia can be a seductive liar

Past images draw us in seductively before we are aware of that happening; we are reminiscing and perhaps wishing that we were back in the day of that event.

Family History, Musings, Poetry

The Magic of Amateur Radio: A Tribute to ZL2FA

Well, in a second - more or less.