Greater love hath no man . . . . hath no Sister . . . . than to get up at dawn and go to the Broaddwater to meet the trawlers returning from a night at sea checking their scoops of the sea floor for spanner crabs to ensure Uncle Michael has his fill of …
he seven families of my eldest brother Tony and Ruth are gathering together in one spot from all over the globe for the first time in many years – on Christmas Day. So, how nice it would be to see them all, and to surprise all but the hosts, nephew Justin and Erin. …
WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS EVE AT HOME The evening started off with Chilled Mango Soup with WA Lobster Medallions . . . . Picasa Web Album
An Egyptian Muslim friend, on seeing my Lladro porcelain of the ‘Flight into Egypt’ of Joseph and Mary with the baby Jesus on a donkey, immediately tells me that it’s not a donkey, but a buraq. He relates the donkey to the buraq (a mythical steed) that Muhammed rode from Mecca to Palestine and …
here’s no truth to the rumour that grand uncle Michael is scared of having a baby in the house, and no sooner had Jacqui and Satya had arrived that he was asking what time they were leaving (on Wednesday)! It’s gospel truth however that saint uncle Michael did a load of washing on the very …