Family History, Musings

Visiting Great Aunty Kath

During the early 1980s, I lived in Auckland for some time, well on and off, depending on how life treated me.

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, 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.