Earning a Living Secondhand dealers come in various categories and this one was a prime example of the sleazy, predatory type. ‘And what would Sir be looking for today?’ he enquired as he slouched up to me, apparently resisting the impulse to rub his hands together. ‘I’m after an urn.’…
Apelike What seekest thou, my long-armed friend? who hath no need to stoop or bend to rest thy knuckles on the ground who peers, bright-eyed, at all around where jungle trails tell what has passed to those, like you who are most harassed, through fear of foes –
Private Flight Commuters, businessmen, holidaymakers – all walk onto an aircraft, perhaps glimpse something out of the window and possibly marvel just a little. But the essentials of human flight have become just another form of transport. Yet the magic of actual flight lingers – for those of us who…
Turkey to Italy, 1953 After crossing through the tiny area of European Turkey, I left the train at the last station on the railway line. Ahead, lay the frontier post which was set in open farmland. Nobody was manning the border and I was soon happily marching through endless open…
America, 1995 I left Sydney with Japan Airlines and soon was landing in Tokyo. What a surprise at the airport. It was so clean and with many fine buildings. I was on my way to the United States, via Japan, and had a one-night stopover. After leaving the airport by…
Africa, My Heritage Africa, My Heritage. A drum beats, beckons, boom-boom-bah-boom. It beats so quietly one can hardly catch it. It beats insistently, convincing and convicting. Boom-boom-boom-boom, a drum beats. A night so dark, indigo black. A blackness thick and concealing. A curtain, veiling for a time a sacred labor.…
A Young Ukrainian Girl’s Holiday in France. This summer, my partner, Valerie, and I decided to give a holiday to a child from the Ukraine. You will recall that the Ukraine is a poor country in eastern Europe where, 20 years ago now, there was the frightful nuclear disaster in…
Singapore Surprise My husband was taking me to meet his folks in England. The year was 1981 and I was on my first trip anywhere outside of Australia. I felt so privileged sitting there in the big Boeing 747. Wow what a gas! I thought to myself. Here is little…
The Voyage Of A Lifetime, 1954 Sunday night in November 1954 saw me at my parents’ home in Birmingham. This was to be my last night with my family. Little did I know that this would be the very last time I would ever see any of my family again.…
The Most Wanted Man We have been taking our holidays down on the Devon Farm for so many years that the owners, Jennifer and David, now look upon us as both visitors and friends. We were therefore invited to attend their son, Mark’s, wedding, in October, 2004. Jennifer and David…
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Since I was a small child, I have had the importance of automotive maintenance drilled into my head. Now that I’ve reached adulthood, I appreciate the sound foundation I had in this discipline of critical importance. I cant imagine the time and money Ive saved and headaches Ive avoided. If you didnt have this background, and dont have a clue about how to maintain your car, dont despair. There are a number of simple car maintenance tasks that anyone can do even if you know nothing about how a car works.